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2 'gnulib-tool'. In general, Gnulib prefers the latest stable |
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3 version of each package, but in some cases it also supports |
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4 older versions; this caters to commonly-used software |
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5 distributions that may lag behind the latest stable package. |
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6 Support for older versions is not guaranteed, though, and |
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7 the version numbers in the following list may be incremented |
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8 at any time. |
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10 * A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc. |
| 8634 | 11 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'cc' gives good portability |
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12 exposure, but you can also use GCC 2.95 or newer. |
| 8634 | 13 + GCC Homepage: |
| 8624 | 14 http://gcc.gnu.org/ |
| 15 + Download: | |
| 16 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/ | |
| 17 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/ | |
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| 8632 | 19 * A 'make' utility. |
| 8634 | 20 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'make' gives good portability |
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21 exposure for in-tree builds, but VPATH builds require GNU Make 3.79.1 or |
| 8634 | 22 newer. |
| 8632 | 23 + GNU Make Homepage: |
| 8624 | 24 http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ |
| 25 + Download: | |
| 26 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/ | |
| 27 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/ | |
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29 * GNU M4 1.4.5 or newer. |
| 8634 | 30 + 1.4.5 or newer is mandatory, but 1.4.9 or newer is recommended. |
| 8624 | 31 + Homepage: |
| 32 http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/ | |
| 33 + Download: | |
| 34 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/ | |
| 35 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/ | |
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37 * Autoconf 2.59 or newer. |
| 8624 | 38 + Mandatory. |
| 39 + Homepage: | |
| 40 http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ | |
| 41 + Download: | |
| 42 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/ | |
| 43 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/ | |
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45 * Automake 1.9.6 or newer. |
| 8624 | 46 + Mandatory. |
| 47 + Homepage: | |
| 48 http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ | |
| 49 + Download: | |
| 50 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/ | |
| 51 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/ | |
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53 * A shell |
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54 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native 'sh' gives good portability |
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55 exposure, but you can also use Bash. |
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57 http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ |
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58 + Download: |
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59 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/ |
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60 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/ |
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62 * Core POSIX utilities, including: |
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63 [ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr |
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64 false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo |
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65 mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch |
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66 true uname |
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67 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability |
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69 + Homepage: |
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71 + Download: |
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72 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/ |
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73 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/ |
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75 * The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'. |
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76 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability |
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77 exposure, but you can also use GNU diffutils. |
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78 + Homepage: |
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79 http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/ |
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80 + Download: |
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81 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/ |
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82 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/ |
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84 * Grep. |
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85 + Mandatory. Using the platform's native grep gives good portability |
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86 exposure, but you can also use GNU grep. |
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88 http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/ |
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89 + Download: |
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90 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/ |
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91 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/ |
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| 14670 | 93 * GNU gettext. |
| 94 + Always use the newest available gettext release, see | |
| 95 <http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/gettextize-and-autopoint.html>. | |
| 8624 | 96 + Recommended. |
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97 Needed if you use modules that use internationalization (many do). |
| 8624 | 98 + Homepage: |
| 99 http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/ | |
| 100 + Download: | |
| 101 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/ | |
| 102 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/ | |
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104 * Bison 2.0 or newer. |
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106 Needed if you use the 'parse-datetime' module. |
| 8624 | 107 + Homepage: |
| 108 http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/ | |
| 109 + Download: | |
| 110 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/ | |
| 111 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/ | |
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| 113 * GNU gperf 3.0.1 or newer. | |
| 114 + Recommended. | |
| 115 Needed if you use the 'iconv_open' module. | |
| 116 + Homepage: | |
| 117 http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/ | |
| 118 + Download: | |
| 119 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/ | |
| 120 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/ | |
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122 * Texinfo 4.6 or newer. |
| 8624 | 123 + Recommended. |
| 124 Needed if you use modules that include documentation. | |
| 125 + Homepage: | |
| 126 http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ | |
| 127 + Download: | |
| 128 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/ | |
| 129 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/ | |
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131 * GNU sed. |
| 8624 | 132 + Recommended. |
| 133 Needed on platforms where the vendor's 'sed' program is too buggy. | |
| 134 + Homepage: | |
| 135 http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/ | |
| 136 + Download: | |
| 137 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/ | |
| 138 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/ | |
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| 140 * GNU libtool 1.5.22 or newer. | |
| 141 + Optional. | |
| 142 Needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool with option --libtool. | |
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143 libtool 2.2.x or newer is needed if you want to invoke gnulib-tool |
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144 with options --create-testdir/--test and --libtool. |
| 8624 | 145 + Homepage: |
| 146 http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ | |
| 147 + Download: | |
| 148 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/ | |
| 149 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/ |