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authorUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2004-09-01 11:51:50 +0000
committerUlf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de>2004-09-01 11:51:50 +0000
commite2ccb3668e908355d5ce4b43a32b14ad908b4367 (patch)
tree690c225ca049a79145ebd3aef31755566a224601 /docbook
parent537881ecf50b194480b7faedd7cd306fc2caa5b4 (diff)
rework of chapter
svn path=/trunk/; revision=11873
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-rw-r--r--docbook/dg-src/EDG_chapter_libraries.xml44
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/dg-src/EDG_chapter_libraries.xml b/docbook/dg-src/EDG_chapter_libraries.xml
index b211df6ff5..980c105b77 100644
--- a/docbook/dg-src/EDG_chapter_libraries.xml
+++ b/docbook/dg-src/EDG_chapter_libraries.xml
@@ -51,45 +51,39 @@
<tip><title>Tip!</title>
<para>
It's a really good idea to use the Win32 automated library download to
- install the required libraries.
+ install the required libraries as it makes this download very easy.
</para>
</tip>
<para>
- If you have the required tools installed, you can download/install all
- required libraries by using the setup target of the Makefile.nmake from
- the source package.
+ You can download/install all required libraries by using the setup target
+ of the <filename>Makefile.nmake</filename> from the source package.
</para>
<para>
- Be sure to edit the line containing the ETHEREAL_LIBS setting in the
- config.nmake file to your favourite place.
+ Before you start the download, you must have installed both
+ the required tools (see <xref linkend="ChapterTools"/>) and also the
+ Ethereal sources (see <xref linkend="ChSrcObtaining"/>).
</para>
<para>
- Then enter at the command line:
+ By default the libraries will be downloaded and installed into
+ <filename>C:\ethereal-win32-libs</filename>.
+ You can change this to any other location by editing the file
+ <filename>config.nmake</filename> and changing the line containing
+ the ETHEREAL_LIBS setting to your favourite place (use an absolute path
+ here).
</para>
<para>
- <prompt>&gt;</prompt> <userinput>nmake -f Makefile.nmake setup</userinput>
+ Then enter at the command line:
</para>
<para>
- This will first check for all the various tools needed to build Ethereal:
+ <prompt>&gt;</prompt> <userinput>nmake -f Makefile.nmake setup</userinput>
</para>
<para>
- <programlisting>
-<![CDATA[Checking for required applications:
- bash: /usr/bin/bash
- bison: /usr/bin/bison
- flex: /usr/bin/flex
- grep: /usr/bin/grep
- perl: /usr/bin/perl
- env: /usr/bin/env
- python: /usr/bin/python
- sed: /usr/bin/sed
- unzip: /usr/bin/unzip
- wget: /usr/bin/wget]]>
- </programlisting>
+ This will first check for all the various tools needed to build Ethereal,
+ as described already in <xref linkend="ChToolsWin32Verify"/>.
</para>
<para>
Then it will download and install (unpack) all required libraries into the
- ETHEREAL_LIBS directory.
+ directory specified by ETHEREAL_LIBS.
</para>
</section>
@@ -98,7 +92,7 @@
<title>GLIB / GDK / GTK / Pango / Atk / GNU libiconv / GNU gettext</title>
<para>
The libraries (and dependant libraries) of the user interface. See
- <xref linkend="ChUIWhatGTK"/> for a more detailed description of the GTK
+ <xref linkend="ChUIWhatGTK"/> for a detailed description of the GTK
libraries.
</para>
@@ -243,7 +237,7 @@ utilities."
<section id="ChLibsWimp">
- <title>GTK WIMP (optional)</title>
+ <title>Win32: GTK WIMP (optional)</title>
<para>
"GTK-Wimp ("Windows impersonator") is a GTK theme that blends well into
the Windows desktop environment."