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authorKai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>2003-04-30 08:01:30 +0000
committerKai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>2003-04-30 08:01:30 +0000
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(* GNU/Linux development packages): Tell people to
install additional packages for compiling Emacs.
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@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ BDF fonts etl-unicode.tar.gz used by ps-print and ps-mule to print
Unicode characters are available from <URL:ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/fonts/>
and <URL:ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/X.Org/contrib/fonts/>.
+* GNU/Linux development packages
+
+Many GNU/Linux systems do not come with development packages by
+default; they just include the files that you need to run Emacs, but
+not those you need to compile it. For example, to compile Emacs with
+X11 support, you may need to install the special `X11 development'
+package (`xlibs-dev' on Debian).
DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION: