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[chaz/openbox] / README.CVS

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--- a/README.CVS
+++ b/README.CVS
@@ -1,25 +1,14 @@
 To build Openbox from CVS you need:
 
-A C++ Compiler (GNU GCC/G++ 3.2+ suggested)
+A C Compiler (GNU GCC 3.2+ suggested)
 GNU Gettext 0.11.5
 GNU Autoconf 2.50+
-GNU Automake
+GNU Automake 1.7.1+ (1.7.1 has a bug fix for py-compile)
 GNU Libtool
 Xft2 library/headers (devel package) (http://www.fontconfig.org)
 Xlib library/headers (devel package)
 Python library/headers (devel package) (http://www.python.org)
-
-Optional:
-SWIG 1.3.17+ (http://www.swig.org)
-  *** If you don't want to get swig, thats fine, unless you're going to be
-  *** editing stuff.
-  *** Without SWIG, before you build CVS _every time you update_ you need to:
-  ***
-  *** % touch src/openbox.i
-  *** % touch src/openbox_wrap.cc
-  ***
-  *** This is because of how CVS deals with timestamps.
-
+Pkg-Config
 
 I recommend the latest version of all these packages.
 
@@ -27,10 +16,26 @@ Do the following to build and install Openbox in CVS:
 
 % ./bootstrap
 % ./configure
-<optional touch commands from above if you don't have SWIG>
 % make all install
 
-Don't try building it and running it from the src/ directory, it won't work. It
-needs to be installed.
+Don't try running it from the src/ directory without installing, it won't work.
+It needs to be installed before it is run.
 
 The installed binary is 'openbox3'.
+
+
+
+----
+Here's the packages from Debian (sid):
+  gcc
+  gettext
+  automake1.7
+  autoconf
+  libtool
+  pkg-config
+  libxft2-dev
+  python-dev
+
+----
+Check out the Wiki for how to configure Openbox 3:
+http://icculus.org/openbox/phpwiki/index.php/PythonScripting