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authorbst-marge-bot <marge-bot@buildstream.build>2020-08-10 08:33:07 +0000
committerbst-marge-bot <marge-bot@buildstream.build>2020-08-10 08:33:07 +0000
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Merge branch 'chandan/contrib-runtime-deps' into 'master'
doc/using_the_testsuite: Link to instructions for runtime dependencies Closes #1115 See merge request BuildStream/buildstream!2016
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@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ For Debian-based systems::
apt install gcc python3-dev
+Installing runtime dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+To be able to run BuildStream as part of the test suite, BuildStream's runtime
+dependencies must also be installed. Instructions on how to do so can be found
+in :ref:`install-dependencies`.
+
+If you are not interested in running the integration tests, you can skip the
+installation of ``buildbox-run``.
+
+
Running tests
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To run the tests, simply navigate to the toplevel directory of your BuildStream