summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/docs
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorBrian Paul <[email protected]>2014-05-19 07:54:30 -0600
committerBrian Paul <[email protected]>2014-05-19 16:15:16 -0600
commit75688254d7c644f9abd765534979191fb00437a5 (patch)
tree774a4d3bde503acff7c0d9d54d9460893ef1d695 /docs
parent21dddb22c12614c1d4a4f3d1664a3f38678cfbb1 (diff)
docs: update the prerequisites section
SCons is required for Windows. Add links to flex/bison for Windows. Reorder items and improve formatting. Reviewed-by: Ian Romanick <[email protected]>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r--docs/install.html15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/install.html b/docs/install.html
index 5061eded056..f12425fcb68 100644
--- a/docs/install.html
+++ b/docs/install.html
@@ -34,16 +34,25 @@
<h2>1.1 General</h2>
<ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.python.org/">Python</a> - Python is required.
+Version 2.6.4 or later should work.
+</li>
+<br>
+<li><a href="http://www.scons.org/">SCons</a> is required for building on
+Windows and optional for Linux (it's an alternative to autoconf/automake.)
+</li>
+<br>
<li>lex / yacc - for building the GLSL compiler.
+<br>
+<br>
On Linux systems, flex and bison are used.
Versions 2.5.35 and 2.4.1, respectively, (or later) should work.
<br>
<br>
On Windows with MinGW, install flex and bison with:
<pre>mingw-get install msys-flex msys-bison</pre>
-</li>
-<li>python - Python is needed for building the Gallium components.
-Version 2.6.4 or later should work.
+For MSVC on Windows, you can find flex/bison programs on the
+<a href="ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/windows-utils/">Mesa ftp site</a>.
</li>
</ul>