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@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ latest version at the SCons download page: http://www.scons.org/download.html -REQUIREMENTS -============ +EXECUTION REQUIREMENTS +====================== -SCons requires Python version 1.5.2 or later. There should be no -other dependencies or requirements to run SCons. +Running SCons requires Python version 1.5.2 or later. There should be +no other dependencies or requirements to run SCons. The default SCons configuration assumes use of the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler suite on WIN32 systems, and assumes a C compiler named 'cc', @@ -42,13 +42,49 @@ You may, of course, override these default values by appropriate configuration of Environment construction variables. +INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS +========================= + +Building and installing SCons from this package requires the Python +distutils package. The distutils package was not shipped as a standard +part of Python until Python version 1.6, so if your system is running +Python 1.5.2, you may not have distutils installed. If you are running +Python version 1.6 or later, you should be fine. + +NOTE TO RED HAT USERS: All Red Hat Linux versions as late as 7.3 +still ship Python 1.5.2 as the default, so you probably do *not* have +distutils installed, unless you have already done so manually. + +In this case, your options are: + + -- (Optional.) Install from a pre-packaged SCons package that + does not require distutils: + + Red Hat Linux scons-0.08-1.noarch.rpm + + Debian GNU/Linux scons_0.08-1_all.deb + (or use apt-get) + + Windows scons-0.08.win32.exe + + -- (Recommended.) Download the latest distutils package from the + following URL: + + http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/download.html + + Install the distutils according to the instructions on the page. + You can then proceed to the next section to install SCons from + this package. + + INSTALLATION ============ -To install SCons from this package, you must first populate the -build/scons/ directory. (For an easier way to install SCons, without -having to populate this directory, use the scons-{version}.tar.gz -or scons-{version}.zip package.) +Assuming your system satisfies the installation requirements in +the previous section, install SCons from this package by first +populating the build/scons/ directory. (For an easier way to +install SCons, without having to populate this directory, use the +scons-{version}.tar.gz or scons-{version}.zip package.) If you already have an appropriate version of SCons installed on your system, populate the build/scons/ directory by running: |