From: Guus Sliepen Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:45:40 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Mention libcurses and libreadline in the manual. X-Git-Tag: release-1.1pre4~27 X-Git-Url: https://tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6ec4596557d658f6c15c2cb9a96152c8c476118a Mention libcurses and libreadline in the manual. --- diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi index aa1c1157..ae43240b 100644 --- a/doc/tinc.texi +++ b/doc/tinc.texi @@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ having them installed, configure will give you an error message, and stop. * zlib:: * lzo:: * libevent:: +* libcurses:: +* libreadline:: @end menu @@ -473,6 +475,51 @@ make sure you build development and runtime libraries (which is the default). +@c ================================================================== +@node libcurses +@subsection libcurses + +@cindex libcurses +For the "tincctl top" command, tinc requires a curses library. + +If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when running the +configure script. You can either install a suitable curses library, or disable +all functionality that depends on a curses library by using the +"--disable-curses" option when running the configure script. + +There are several curses libraries. It is recommended that you install +"ncurses" (@url{http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/}), +however other curses libraries should also work. +In particular, "PDCurses" (@url{http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/}) +is recommended if you want to compile tinc for Windows. + +You can use your operating system's package manager to install this if +available. Make sure you install the development AND runtime versions +of this package. + + +@c ================================================================== +@node libreadline +@subsection libreadline + +@cindex libevent +For the "tincctl" command's shell functionality, tinc uses the readline library. + +If this library is not installed, you wil get an error when running the +configure script. You can either install a suitable readline library, or +disable all functionality that depends on a readline library by using the +"--disable-readline" option when running the configure script. + +You can use your operating system's package manager to install this if +available. Make sure you install the development AND runtime versions +of this package. + +If you have to install libreadline manually, you can get the source code from +@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/readline/}. Instructions on how to configure, +build and install this package are included within the package. Please make +sure you build development and runtime libraries (which is the default). + + @c @c @c