Added Python 3.0 or better requirement to the README file

[babeltrace.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index a99c8ecd95ebc0d2eddb5427bb83a141f6017ee3..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:
 
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ compile the git repository tree :
 
 - GNU autotools (automake >=1.10, autoconf >=2.50, autoheader >=2.50)
   (make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!)
-- GNU Libtool
+- GNU Libtool >=2.2
   (for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
 - Flex >=2.5.35.
 - Bison >=2.4.
@@ -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.