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git_rec_nano
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docs: mention that libncursesw5-dev is needed for building from git
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INSTRUCTIONS
TO
COMPIL
E
AND INSTALL NANO
GIT VERSIONS
=====================================================
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR
COMPIL
ING
AND INSTALL
ING
NANO
FROM GIT
=====================================================
==
The latest
version of
GNU nano
is
available via git, but
building this needs
a bit more care than the official
stable and unstable
tarballs.
The latest
changes and fixes for
GNU nano
are
available via git, but
building this needs
a bit more care than the official tarballs.
Prerequisites
-------------
To successfully compile GNU nano from
the git repo
, you'll need the following
To successfully compile GNU nano from
git
, you'll need the following
packages:
- autoconf (version >= 2.61)
- automake (version >= 1.7)
- autopoint (version >= 0.11.5)
- gettext (version >= 0.11.5)
- git (version >= 2.7.4)
- groff (version >= 1.12)
- pkg-config (version >= 0.22)
- texinfo (version >= 4.0)
- glib 2.x (in case your system doesn't have vsnprintf(), which the
configure script will check for)
- make, gcc, and
- the normal development libraries (curses or slang, etc.)
- gcc (any version)
- make (any version)
If you want UTF-8 support, you will also need libncursesw5-dev installed
(version >= 5.7, or something equivalent if you use --with-slang).
If your system doesn't have 'vsnprintf' (which the configure script will
check for), you will also need glib-2.x installed.
These should all be available in your distro's package manager or software
center, or otherwise on any GNU mirror. Note that you'll need a version of
curses or slang with wide character support if you want nano to use UTF-8.
center, or otherwise on any GNU mirror.
Download the source
-------------------
To obtain the current nano development
code
(called 'master',
or sometimes
'trunk'), use the
following command. It will create
a copy of the files in
a
subdirectory
of your current working directory called 'nano'
:
To obtain the current nano development
branch
(called 'master'
)
,
use the
following command. It will create
in your current working directory a
subdirectory
called 'nano' containing a copy of all of the files
:
$ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/nano.git nano
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