
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

