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INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPILE AND INSTALL NANO GIT VERSIONS INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPILING AND INSTALLING NANO FROM GIT
===================================================== =======================================================
The latest version of GNU nano is available via git, but building this needs The latest changes and fixes for GNU nano are available via git, but
a bit more care than the official stable and unstable tarballs. building this needs a bit more care than the official tarballs.
Prerequisites Prerequisites
------------- -------------
To successfully compile GNU nano from the git repo, you'll need the following To successfully compile GNU nano from git, you'll need the following
packages: packages:
- autoconf (version >= 2.61) - autoconf (version >= 2.61)
- automake (version >= 1.7) - automake (version >= 1.7)
- autopoint (version >= 0.11.5)
- gettext (version >= 0.11.5) - gettext (version >= 0.11.5)
- git (version >= 2.7.4) - git (version >= 2.7.4)
- groff (version >= 1.12) - groff (version >= 1.12)
- pkg-config (version >= 0.22) - pkg-config (version >= 0.22)
- texinfo (version >= 4.0) - texinfo (version >= 4.0)
- glib 2.x (in case your system doesn't have vsnprintf(), which the - gcc (any version)
configure script will check for) - make (any version)
- make, gcc, and
- the normal development libraries (curses or slang, etc.) If you want UTF-8 support, you will also need libncursesw5-dev installed
(version >= 5.7, or something equivalent if you use --with-slang).
If your system doesn't have 'vsnprintf' (which the configure script will
check for), you will also need glib-2.x installed.
These should all be available in your distro's package manager or software These should all be available in your distro's package manager or software
center, or otherwise on any GNU mirror. Note that you'll need a version of center, or otherwise on any GNU mirror.
curses or slang with wide character support if you want nano to use UTF-8.
Download the source Download the source
------------------- -------------------
To obtain the current nano development code (called 'master', or sometimes To obtain the current nano development branch (called 'master'), use the
'trunk'), use the following command. It will create a copy of the files in following command. It will create in your current working directory a
a subdirectory of your current working directory called 'nano': subdirectory called 'nano' containing a copy of all of the files:
$ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/nano.git nano $ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/nano.git nano