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-rw-r--r--cpp/README-dev (renamed from cpp/README)8
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== Prerequisites ==
-Required to build:
+As per README-dist plus:
* autoconf 2.59: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf
* automake 1.9.6: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake
* libtool 1.5: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool
- * Apache Portable Runtime 1.2.2: http://apr.apache.org
* CppUnit 1.11.4: http://cppunit.sourceforge.net
- * boost 1.33.1: http://www.boost.org
Optional: to generate documentation from source code comments you need:
* doxygen 1.4.6: http://sourceforge.net/projects/doxygen/
* graphviz 2.8: http://www.graphviz.org/
-If you use yum to install packages:
+If you use yum to install packages, do the command from the README-dist then:
-# yum install apr autoconf automake apr-devel cppunit cppunit-devel boost boost-devel doxygen graphviz
+# yum install apr-devel cppunit-devel boost-devel doxygen graphviz
== Recent changes ==
diff --git a/cpp/README-dist b/cpp/README-dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..133eb7da81
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@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+This README describes how to build Qpid from a source distribution.
+
+== Prerequisites ==
+
+ * Apache Portable Runtime 1.2.2: http://apr.apache.org
+ * boost 1.33.1: http://www.boost.org
+
+Optional: if you want to run the qpid unit tests:
+ * CppUnit 1.11.4: http://cppunit.sourceforge.net
+
+If you use yum to install packages you can do:
+
+ # yum install apr boost
+
+== Building ==
+
+Build and install with:
+ # ./configure
+ # make all
+ # make install
+
+TODO: add boilerplate README for standard autoconf/automake install.
+TODO: document special qpid configure options.
+ ./bootstrap
+