[Thuban-commits] r2841 - trunk/thuban

[scm-commit@wald.intevation.org]

Author: bernhard
Date: 2008-05-23 14:24:56 +0200 (Fri, 23 May 2008)
New Revision: 2841

Modified:
   trunk/thuban/ChangeLog
   trunk/thuban/README
Log:
* README: Added a hint that the requirements need to be installed
for building. Also added a section for installing, renaming the
former section to building.


Modified: trunk/thuban/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/thuban/ChangeLog	2008-04-18 19:58:09 UTC (rev 2840)
+++ trunk/thuban/ChangeLog	2008-05-23 12:24:56 UTC (rev 2841)
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-05-23 Bernhard Reiter <bernhard at intevation.de>
+
+	* README: Added a hint that the requirements need to be installed
+	for building. Also added a section for installing, renaming the
+	former section to building.
+
 2008-04-18 Didrik Pinte <dpinte at dipole-consulting.com>
 
 	* Thuban/UI/legend.py : changed the use of wx.MemoryDC to 

Modified: trunk/thuban/README
===================================================================
--- trunk/thuban/README	2008-04-18 19:58:09 UTC (rev 2840)
+++ trunk/thuban/README	2008-05-23 12:24:56 UTC (rev 2841)
@@ -21,9 +21,19 @@
 About 4000 years ago it was the north star.
 
 
-Requirements
+Installation
 ------------
+As with most software there are two ways to install Thuban:
+a) Use a prepared package specific for your operating system.
+   This is the most convenient way. The packager will have the instructions
+   how to do this in detail, this is why it is not further described here.
+   A decent package management system will also handle the requirements.
 
+b) Build and install the software manually from sources.
+
+Requirements for building and running Thuban.
+------------
+
 Thuban requires the following software to be installed:
 
   Python     2.3.5    http://www.python.org
@@ -54,9 +64,12 @@
 Note that extensions might have their own additional requirements.
 
 
-Installation
-------------
+Building and installing
+-----------------------
 
+(First make sure the development variants of the software listed
+in the "Requirements" section above is installed.)
+
 Building Thuban (this compiles the extension modules but leaves them in
 a directory under build/):