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| author | Jonathan Cross <jonathancross@users.noreply.github.com> | 2016-02-24 15:36:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Jonathan Cross <jonathancross@users.noreply.github.com> | 2016-02-24 15:36:45 +0100 |
| commit | 8c5a5fb85068135c33a8e0513280917e13bb039e (patch) | |
| tree | e5f44a0150c19bb0c878d805d635afed9661c9d6 /doc/build-unix.md | |
| parent | 317462123f8e41fd7dd967ab907e59ddffb19898 (diff) | |
Improving wording related to Boost library requirements [updated]
Fixed formatting as requested on https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7589
Description:
Documentation was unclear in this section and could be interpreted to mean that boost was not a hard requirement for older Ubuntu versions.
Related: #7587
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 1d8395162b..5d8644efe4 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -67,15 +67,17 @@ Build requirements: sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils -On at least Ubuntu 14.04+ and Debian 7+ there are generic names for the +Options when installing required Boost library files: + +1. On at least Ubuntu 14.04+ and Debian 7+ there are generic names for the individual boost development packages, so the following can be used to only install necessary parts of boost: - sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev + sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev -If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with: +2. If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with: - sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev + sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet. db4.8 packages are available [here](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin). You can add the repository and install using the following commands: |