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@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ Therefore, installation requires any programs required to build jq. This includes: * The normal C compiler toolchain, such as gcc and make. - Installable on Debian, Ubuntu and relatives by installing the package ``build-essential``. + + - Installable on Debian, Ubuntu and relatives by installing the package ``build-essential``. + - Installable on Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS/etc. with ``yum groupinstall "Development Tools"``. + - On Mac OS X, you probably want to install `Xcode <https://developer.apple.com/xcode/>`_. * Autoconf @@ -21,17 +24,28 @@ This includes: * Bison + - At least some versions of Mac OS X ship a version of ``bison`` that is too old for ``jq`` to use. + If you have `Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>`_, try ``brew install bison``. + * libtool * Python headers. Installable on Debian, Ubuntu and relatives by installing the package ``python-dev``. - + If on Debian, Ubuntu or relatives, running the following packages should be sufficient: .. code-block:: sh apt-get install build-essential autoconf flex bison libtool python-dev +If on Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, etc., try: + +.. code-block:: sh + + yum groupinstall "Development Tools" + yum install autoconf flex bison libtool python + + Usage ----- |