r5906 - trunk/gta02-core/docs

[werner at docs.openmoko.org]

Author: werner
Date: 2010-04-07 16:09:40 +0200 (Wed, 07 Apr 2010)
New Revision: 5906

Modified:
   trunk/gta02-core/docs/GETTING-STARTED
Log:
Added prerequisites for common but not entirely ubiquitous tools.



Modified: trunk/gta02-core/docs/GETTING-STARTED
===================================================================
--- trunk/gta02-core/docs/GETTING-STARTED	2010-04-07 13:47:43 UTC (rev 5905)
+++ trunk/gta02-core/docs/GETTING-STARTED	2010-04-07 14:09:40 UTC (rev 5906)
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@
 
 - Consider joining the #gta02-core channel on irc.freenode.net
 
+- We make extensive use of Makefiles and invoke various programs from
+  them. If any of the following are missing in your system, please
+  install them now:
+
+  - Prerequisites
+
+    - awk
+    - bash
+    - gv (derivative of Ghostview)
+    - grep
+    - gzip
+    - GNU make (package "make" or similar)
+    - Perl
+    - sed
+    - Subversion (svn)
+    - xpdf
+
 - Check out the project:
 
   svn co https://svn.openmoko.org/trunk/gta02-core/