Added Python 3.0 or better requirement to the README file

[babeltrace.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 35f982c7ffc29dfdf61f2378a899ffb179ace0e2..ce98e24dc01e23f90a4c4e2bac6c4b87c3c9c4d3 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ BUILDING
        make install
        ldconfig
 
+       If you do not want Python bindings, run ./configure --disable-python.
 
 DEPENDENCIES
 ------------
@@ -41,9 +42,16 @@ To compile Babeltrace, you will need:
        uuid development libraries
          (Debian : uuid-dev)
          (Fedora : uuid-devel)
-       libpopt development libraries
+       libpopt >= 1.13 development libraries
          (Debian : libpopt-dev)
          (Fedora : popt)
+       python headers (optional)
+         (Debian/Ubuntu : python-dev)
+       swig >= 2.0 (optional)
+         (Debian/Ubuntu : swig2.0)
+       python 3.0 or better (optional)
+         (Debian/Ubuntu : python3)
+
 
 For developers using the git tree:
 
@@ -61,3 +69,5 @@ compile the git repository tree :
 If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the "bootstrap"
 script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare the
 tree configuration.
+
+Running "make check": bash is required.