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| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/xml/en/install.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml index a01daa2104..4ec060dede 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml @@ -27,25 +27,17 @@ You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended. <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">binutils</emphasis> - suggested version is <emphasis role="bold">2.11.x</emphasis>. + <emphasis role="bold">binutils</emphasis> - Recommended version is <emphasis role="bold">2.11.x</emphasis>. This program is responsible for generating MMX/ 3DNow!/etc instructions, thus very important. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">gcc</emphasis> - suggested versions are: <emphasis role="bold">2.95.3</emphasis> - (maybe <emphasis role="bold">2.95.4</emphasis>) and <emphasis role="bold">3.2+</emphasis>. - <emphasis role="bold">Never</emphasis> use 2.96 or 3.0.x! They generate faulty code for - <application>MPlayer</application>. If you decide to change gcc from - 2.96, then don't decide in favor of 3.x just because it's newer! Early - releases of 3.x were even more buggy than 2.96. So downgrade to 2.95.x - (downgrade <systemitem class="library">libstdc++</systemitem> too, other - programs may need it) or don't up/downgrade at all (but in this case, be - prepared for runtime problems). If you vote for 3.x, try to use the - latest version, early releases had various bugs, so be sure you use at - least 3.1, it's tested and working. + <emphasis role="bold">gcc</emphasis> - Recommended versions are 2.95 + and 3.3+. 2.96 and 3.0.x are known to generate faulty code, 3.1 and + 3.2 also had problems. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">XFree86</emphasis> - suggested version is <emphasis role="bold">always the + <emphasis role="bold">XFree86</emphasis> - Recommended version is <emphasis role="bold">always the newest</emphasis> (4.3). Normally, everyone wants this, as starting with XFree86 4.0.2, it contains the <link linkend="xv">XVideo</link> extension (somewhere referred to as <emphasis role="bold">Xv</emphasis>) @@ -56,7 +48,7 @@ You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended. For some video cards you don't need XFree86. See list below. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <emphasis role="bold">make</emphasis> - suggested version is + <emphasis role="bold">make</emphasis> - Recommended version is <emphasis role="bold">always the newest</emphasis> (at least 3.79.x). This usually isn't important. </para></listitem> @@ -82,7 +74,7 @@ You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> <emphasis role="bold">lame</emphasis> - recommended, needed for encoding MP3 audio with - <application>MEncoder</application>, suggested version is + <application>MEncoder</application>, recommended version is <emphasis>always the newest</emphasis> (at least 3.90). </para></listitem> <listitem><para> |