The following packages should be installed before GNU libunistring is installed (runtime dependencies that are also build dependencies): * GNU libiconv + Not needed on systems with glibc, on macOS, and NetBSD. But highly recommended on all other systems. Needed for character set conversion of strings from/to Unicode. + Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/ + Download: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/ + Pre-built package name: - On Debian and Debian-based systems: --, - On Red Hat distributions: --. - Other: https://repology.org/project/libiconv/versions + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR to 'configure'. The following packages should be installed when GNU libunistring is installed (runtime dependencies, but not build dependencies): None. The following should be installed when GNU libunistring is built, but are not needed later, once it is installed (build dependencies, but not runtime dependencies): * A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc. + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'cc', or GCC 3.1 or newer. + GCC Homepage: https://gcc.gnu.org/ + Download: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/ * A 'make' utility. + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'make' (for in-tree builds only), or GNU Make 3.79.1 or newer. + GNU Make Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/ + Download: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/ * A shell + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'sh', or Bash. + Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ + Download: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/ * Core POSIX utilities, including: [ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch true uname + Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU coreutils. + Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ + Download: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/ * The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'. + Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU diffutils. + Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/ + Download: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/ * Grep. + Mandatory. Either the platform's native grep, or GNU grep. + Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/ + Download: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/ * Awk. + Mandatory. Either the platform's native awk, mawk, or nawk, or GNU awk. + Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/ + Download: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/