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@setfilename Building.linux.info
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@include building/command.texi
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@set BG.platform linux
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@majorheading Guide to Building @value{HB.title} on @value{OS.@value{BG.platform}}
@contents
@include building/chapter.introduction.texi

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@anchor{prerequisites}
@chapter Prerequisites
The following are the recommended specifications for building on @value{OS.linux}; but is not necessarily the only configuration that is possible:

@itemize @bullet
@item Intel 32-bit or 64-bit kernel
@item Fedora 8, gcc 4.1.2, yasm 0.6.2.1985
@item Fedora 9, gcc 4.3.0, yasm 0.6.2.1985
@item Fedora 10, gcc 4.3.2, yasm 0.7.1.2093
@item gcc 4.0.0 or higher is reported to work
@end itemize

@include building/prerequisites.bundled.texi

The @b{GTK UI} introduces some significant extra build requirements. If you intend to disable building the GUI with @command{configure --disable-gtk} you may not need any of these packages installed:

@itemize @bullet
@item build-essential
@item autoconf
@item intltool
@item libtool
@item zlib1g-dev
@item libbz2-dev
@item libglib2.0-dev
@item libdbus-glib-1-dev
@item libgtk2.0-dev
@item libhal-dev
@item libhal-storage-dev
@item libgtkhtml3.14-dev
@item libgstreamer0.10-dev
@item libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev
@end itemize

@include building/prerequisites.common.texi

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@include building/chapter.quickstart.texi

@anchor{overview}
@chapter Overview
@value{OS.linux} builds are performed from a @b{terminal}. There is no support for building from any IDEs.

@include building/chapter.via.terminal.texi