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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions README.md
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Most of the compilation steps are handled by the kiwix-build.py
script.

This script has been tested of Fedora 23 and Ubuntu 16.10
This script has been tested on Fedora 23 and Ubuntu 16.10

If you want to cross-compile for other platforms as windows or android, you
should read the "Other target platform" section.

This script is not officially supported on Debian 8, but has been reported to work, after adding ~/.local/bin to the PATH.

## Preparing environment

You will need a recent version of meson (0.34) and ninja (1.6)
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Else you can install them manually

### Meson
You need to install python 3 and pip. On debian and ubuntu, they are provided by the package python3-pip

```
pip install meson --user # Install Meson
pip3 install meson --user # Install Meson
```

(You may want to install meson in a virtualenv if you prefer)

### ninja
You need git to be installed

```
git clone git://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git
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```

It will compile everything.
If you are using a supported platform (redhad or debian based) it will install
If you are using a supported platform (redhat or debian based) it will install
missing packages using sudo.
If you don't want to trust kiwix-build.py and give it the root right, just
launch yourself the the printed command.
launch yourself the printed command.

### Outputs

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions kiwix-build.py
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'COMMON': ['gcc-c++', 'cmake', 'automake', 'ccache', 'java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel']
},
'debian_native_dyn': {
'COMMON': ['automake', 'gcc', 'cmake', 'libbz2-dev', 'ccache'],
'COMMON': ['automake', 'gcc', 'cmake', 'libbz2-dev', 'ccache', 'pkg-config'],
'zlib': ['zlib1g-dev'],
'uuid': ['uuid-dev'],
'ctpp2': ['libctpp2-dev'],
'libmicrohttpd': ['libmicrohttpd-dev', 'ccache']
},
'debian_native_static': {
'COMMON': ['automake', 'gcc', 'cmake', 'libbz2-dev', 'ccache'],
'COMMON': ['automake', 'gcc', 'cmake', 'libbz2-dev', 'ccache', 'pkg-config'],
'zlib': ['zlib1g-dev'],
'uuid': ['uuid-dev'],
'ctpp2': ['libctpp2-dev'],
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sys.exit("ERROR: ninja command not found")
self.meson_command = self._detect_meson()
if not self.meson_command:
sys.exit("ERROR: meson command not fount")
sys.exit("ERROR: meson command not found")
self.setup_build(options.target_platform)
self.setup_toolchains()
self.options = options
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