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1.2: Requirements

To compile the ftape-tools package, you need certain programs to be installed. The following list tries to give an overview about those requirements.


The ftape floppy tape driver

This package was designed for ftape '98, eh. No: for use with the ftape floppy tape device driver for Linux, where the latest version if ftape-4.03. See The floppy tape device driver for Linux (info file ftape-4). Although some utilities may still work (at least partly) with other tape device drivers, you probably don't want this package unless you have a floppy tape installed, and are running the Linux OS.


The GNU C compiler

See The GNU C compiler (info file gcc). gcc is needed to compile the programs, which are delivered as C source code. Although they might compile with other ANSI C compilers as well, I didn't test it. Moreover, this package is useful for Linux only, and all Linux systems have gcc. So who cares ...


perl

The perl script interpreter is required by `src/scripts/listtape.pl'. If you have automake (See automake (info file automake)) installed, then you don't need to worry: you have perl. Also, if you intend to rebuild the HTML and/or SGML versions of the manual, then you need perl. However, this package comes with pre-formatted documentation.


Tcl/Tk

Tcl/Tk is a script language that implements a Motif like look and feel GUI. The graphical front-end ftape-tool is written in Tcl/Tk. See Ftape-tool. Tk version 4.0 or better is required. Version 4.2 works best, later versions aren't tested (i.e. I don't know whether Tk version 8.0 works or not ...)

Currently, the configure script will bail out if it doesn't find the Tk interpreter wish. FIXME.


Automake

See Making Makefile.in's (info file automake). automake is a convenient way to create a couple of standard makefile targets. It interfaces nicely to the GNU auto-configuration tool autoconf. automake is not needed to compile the package. It's nice if you have it. If not, forget about it, unless you want to take over maintenance of the ftape-tools package. In this case, please contact Claus-Justus Heine.


Autoconf

See Create source code configuration scripts (info file autoconf). autoconf is the GNU auto-configuration tool. autoconf is not required to compile the ftape-tools package. It's nice if you have it. If not, forget about it, unless you want to take over maintenance of the ftape-tools package. In this case, please contact Claus-Justus Heine.


info2html

A cgi script to automatically convert INFO documentation into HTML is useful. However, the only advantage is that you can follow some cross references in this manual more conveniently. See Modifying the outlook of the documentation.


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