INSTALL: update to reflect current reality regarding python3

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8d5309c..8a8e04f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -14,24 +14,16 @@ QUICK SUMMARY
 
 0. Install prerequisites.  For example, on Debian or Ubuntu, you could use
 
-      sudo apt-get install gcc make python python-dev libiberty-dev
-
-   Note that past versions of Debian used binutils-dev instead of
-   libiberty-dev.
-
-   Note that distcc-pump needs Python 3.x, while the default version of
-   Python on many systems is 2.x, so you may have to be explicit - e.g.
-
-       sudo apt-get install libpython3.5-dev
+      sudo apt-get install gcc make python3 python3-dev libiberty-dev
 
 1. Build and install
 
       ./autogen.sh       # If "configure" does not already exist.
       ./configure
       make
-      make check         # Optional! Should have python >= 2.4 installed.
+      make check         # Optional! Should have python >= 3.1 installed.
       make install       # You may need to use "sudo" for this command.
-      make installcheck  # Optional! Should have python >= 2.4 installed.
+      make installcheck  # Optional! Should have python >= 3.1 installed.
 
    Repeat installation for each server machine.
 
@@ -63,7 +55,7 @@ To build distcc you need
 
 It is also highly desireable to have
 
-   Python >=2.4
+   Python >=3.1
 
      To use "pump" mode, or to run the full test suite with "make check",
      or to run the benchmarks.
@@ -73,11 +65,6 @@ the corresponding Python.h file installed (e.g. sudo apt-get install python-dev)
 
 You can optionally have
 
-   Python >=2.2
-
-      To run a partial test suite with "make check" (it leaves out
-      the pump-mode functionality, which requires Python 2.4).
-
    libpopt
 
      If this is not found on your system, the popt version that is part of