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authorMichael Williamson <mike@zwobble.org>2015-02-18 21:01:57 +0000
committerMichael Williamson <mike@zwobble.org>2015-02-18 21:01:57 +0000
commit211add1b20774c24fef095d7dde6424c93b6bd8a (patch)
tree2b2a5fc68b40ab022b878030747947301c84af93 /README.rst
parent18b585d265b6c64c28c59bc0c76ec1dcf0bb2d9c (diff)
Remove requirement on autoconf from README
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@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ Installation
------------
During installation,
-jq 1.4 is downloaded over HTTPS from GitHub and built.
+the source for jq 1.4 is downloaded over HTTPS and built.
Therefore, installation requires any programs required to build jq.
This includes:
* The normal C compiler toolchain, such as gcc and make.
-* Autoconf
-
* Flex
* Bison
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ If on Debian, Ubuntu or relatives, running the following command should be suffi
.. code-block:: sh
- apt-get install build-essential autoconf flex bison libtool python-dev
+ apt-get install build-essential flex bison libtool python-dev
Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS or relatives
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ If on Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, or relatives, running the following command shoul
.. code-block:: sh
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
- yum install autoconf flex bison libtool python
+ yum install flex bison libtool python
Mac OS X
~~~~~~~~
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ Once Homebrew is installed, you can install the remaining dependencies with:
.. code-block:: sh
- brew install autoconf automake bison libtool
+ brew install bison libtool
Note that at least some versions of Mac OS X ship a version of ``bison`` that is too old for ``jq`` to use.
jq.py will try to use the version from Homebrew if available.