Requirements
============
-In any case you need
+In any case you'll need
- - libosl: If you are compiling from git the osl sources should
- have been cloned automatically. It is also available for
- download from http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/osl. Or run the
- command "git clone git://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/osl"
- - gcc, the gnu compiler collection (shipped with distro): gcc-3.3
+ - *libosl*, the object storage layer: Used by para_server. It is
+ available from http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/osl. Alternatively,
+ execute "git clone git://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/osl".
+
+ - *gcc*, the gnu compiler collection (shipped with distro): gcc-3.3
or newer is required.
- - gnu make (shipped with disto, might be called gmake)
- - bash (most likely already installed)
- - A decent version of grep. Solaris' /bin/grep is not good enough,
- /usr/xpg4/bin/grep is fine though.
- - openssl (needed by server, client): usually shipped with
+
+ - *gnu make* (shipped with disto, might be called gmake on BSD systems)
+
+ - *bash* (most likely already installed)
+
+ - *openssl* (needed by server, client): usually shipped with
distro, but you might have to install the "development package"
(called libssl-dev on debian systems) as well:
http://www.openssl.org/
- - help2man (for man page creation) ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/help2man
- - software mixing, e.g. ALSA and the direct mixing plugin (dmix)
+
+ - *help2man* (for man page creation) ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/help2man
Optional features: