From: Bdale Garbee Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:48:46 +0000 (-0600) Subject: make it better X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Faltusmetrum;a=commitdiff_plain;h=f984839387fed29a8947b3dda56758c77065042b make it better --- diff --git a/AltOS/building.mdwn b/AltOS/building.mdwn index decf873..0a8719f 100644 --- a/AltOS/building.mdwn +++ b/AltOS/building.mdwn @@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ Debian tools and processes. From this platform, it is possible to build installable packages not only for Debian, but also for Windows, Mac OS X, and generic Linux. -Since many people would prefer to work from an actually released version of -Debian, in October 2020 Bdale worked through the steps required to take a +To do this, Install [Debian](http://debian.org), upgrade to 'unstable', then +type 'apt-get build-dep altos' and all of the required build dependencies +should be automatically installed. + +Since many people prefer to use an actually released version of Debian, +in October 2020 Bdale worked through the steps required to take a clean install of Debian 10 (buster) and get to a working build. Here's that recipe, as sent to a customer who asked how to do it: @@ -65,9 +69,6 @@ recipe, as sent to a customer who asked how to do it: Hope this helps! -Install [Debian](http://debian.org), then type 'apt-get build-dep altos' -and all of the required build dependencies should be automatically installed. - The notes we use to do a complete build for release are in the file Releasing in the root of the source tree. You do *not* need to follow these instructions to do a build for yourself, but since that document is likely