# HG changeset patch # User Matti Hamalainen # Date 1374842705 -10800 # Node ID cdb348e051b5e3d84662b166cda8f3be36685c1c # Parent 573a3ad3093869788d5020c7306085f5aabd39ff Update installation instructions. diff -r 573a3ad30938 -r cdb348e051b5 INSTALL --- a/INSTALL Fri Jul 26 13:26:35 2013 +0300 +++ b/INSTALL Fri Jul 26 15:45:05 2013 +0300 @@ -1,17 +1,28 @@ Installation ------------ -NNChat requires a curses library, preferably ncurses. It is also possible +NNChat requires a curses library, preferably NCurses. It is also possible to compile NNChat for Windows via MinGW and use PDCurses instead, but this includes certain complexities in build process (see Makefile.w32) +0) Check that you have the prerequisites: + + - GNU make + - GCC 4.3 or later, or LLVM clang 3.x + - binutils + - NCurses 5.x, OR PDCurses 3.4 or later + + On Debian or Ubuntu, you could try following to install the requirements: + + sudo apt-get install build-essential libncurses5-dev + 1) Edit Makefile (optional) 2) make / gmake -3) ./nnchat --help +3) Test by running ./nnchat --help There is no real installation step, you can manually copy the resulting binary to /usr/local if you wish: -$ sudo install -m 755 nnchat /usr/local/bin +sudo install -m 755 nnchat /usr/local/bin