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| author | Bryce Harrington <bryce@bryceharrington.org> | 2016-01-25 14:18:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Bryce Harrington <bryce@bryceharrington.org> | 2016-01-25 14:18:09 -0800 |
| commit | d44f90652eae152905b4229211ab92bd8b553592 (patch) | |
| tree | 1545106bce864768b4b5c999a0baa6254451d50f | |
| parent | 3e7e5e1b5f8aaf4924847e62fc68e3f23c888e24 (diff) | |
building: Note wayland-build-tools and the ubuntu PPA
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diff --git a/building.html b/building.html index 1682971..7bfcd8b 100644 --- a/building.html +++ b/building.html @@ -12,7 +12,25 @@ <h2>Building Weston</h2> -<p>The instructions below assume some familiarity with +<p> +Most major Linux distributions now include releases of Wayland and +Weston in their package management systems. There are also automatic +build systems that package even more recent Wayland/Weston packages for +particular distros, such as the +<a href="https://launchpad.net/~wayland.admin/+archive/ubuntu/daily-builds">Wayland Daily Builds PPA for Ubuntu</a>. +</p> + +<p> +If you want an even current build, you can use +our <a href="https://github.com/bryceharrington/wayland-build-tools/">wayland-build-tools</a> +scripts to check out and build all the git trees for your local system. +</p> + +<p> +If those options don't suit your needs, you can also manually build the +stack yourself. The directions below are provided as a guide, but will +need adapted for the Linux system you're using. The instructions below +assume some familiarity with <a href="http://git-scm.com/">git</a>, <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/">pkg-config</a>, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/">autoconf</a>, and |