From: Chris Koeritz Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 20:46:38 +0000 (-0500) Subject: updated readme X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~50 X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?p=feisty_meow.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ee30a8dff9d85dee3782419659472e21ebfa4ab9 updated readme hopefully clearer and more useful. --- diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt index 9516af62..c089a4e7 100644 --- a/readme.txt +++ b/readme.txt @@ -1,42 +1,52 @@ ============== + Quick Start Guide for the Feisty Meow Codebase -Commands that you should enter into your terminal are prefixed with "=>" and -conditional portions are prefixed with a '|' character. +Commands that can be typed in a console or terminal are are prefixed with "#". +Information that varies by platform is prefixed with a '|' character. ============== + How to get the feisty meow codebase | On Microsoft Windows, install the Cygwin tools as documented here: | ~/feisty_meow/documentation/cygwin_install_list.txt (local file) or | https://feistymeow.org/feisty_meow/documentation/cygwin_install_list.txt (web) -Retrieve a clone of the feisty meow code: +Retrieve a clone of the feisty meow codebase: # git clone git://feistymeow.org/feisty_meow -The remainder of these notes assume that the code is stored in -~/feisty_meow (aka $HOME/feisty_meow). +The remainder of these notes assume that the code is stored in: + ~/feisty_meow (aka $HOME/feisty_meow). ============== + How to load the feisty meow script environment Set up the feisty_meow scripts; this is only needed once, when you first get -the codebase. It can also regenerate the scripts using the latest version. +the codebase. It will also regenerate the scripts using the latest installed +version. # bash ~/feisty_meow/scripts/core/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh -Load the script environment into the current shell. -# source ~/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh +Connect the feisty meow scripts to your login script (in ~/.bashrc). +Note that this actually modifies ~/.bashrc. This step is only needed once. +# bash ~/feisty_meow/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh -With the feisty meow script environment loaded, several aliases are now -available for building the codebase and they are used in the sections below. +Load the script environment into the current shell. This can be done for +any new shell. This is idempotent, so it does no harm to run it again. +Note that you should not need this step if you connected feisty meow to +~/.bashrc above. +# source ~/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh -Closing the current shell will lose the feisty meow environment. Loading the -environment can be made automatic by adding the 'source' line above to the -shell's startup file. Example startup files are available in: -~/feisty_meow/feisty_inits +When the feisty meow script environment loaded, many new aliases and +functions are available for use. These come from the $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS +folder. +See the full list of commands at: +(hmmm: To be completed in 2018) ============== + How to install the feisty meow script dependencies A couple of perl modules are required by some of the scripts (including the @@ -50,8 +60,12 @@ or Install using perl's CPAN: # sudo cpan install Text::Diff File::Which ============== + How to install the build dependencies for feisty meow +These dependencies are used for building the applications, tools and tests +in the "nucleus", "octopi", "graphiq" and other C++ collections. + | Ubuntu / Debian: | # sudo apt-get install build-essential librtmp-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libssl-dev @@ -62,23 +76,32 @@ How to install the build dependencies for feisty meow | Download and install the Cygwin environment first from cygwin.com, which is | documented in ~/feisty_meow/documentation/cygwin_install_list.txt +The "kona" collection depends on Java version 8 or better. + +| Ubuntu: +| Set up the java PPA archive as described here: +| https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/java + ============== + How to build the feisty meow codebase Run the following command to build the feisty meow libraries and applications. -# bash ~/feisty_meow/scripts/generator/produce_feisty_meow.sh +# produce_feisty_meow After the build is complete, the feisty meow applications can be found in $FEISTY_MEOW_BINARIES (environment variable). # ls $FEISTY_MEOW_BINARIES ============== + How to clean up the files generated by the build This command cleans out all the generated files: -# bash ~/feisty_meow/scripts/generator/whack_build.sh clean +# whack_build clean ============== + What are the feisty meow dependencies? The feisty meow scripts depend on these scripting languages and tools: @@ -93,6 +116,24 @@ The feisty meow libraries and applications depend on these tools: Curl Open SSL +The feisty meow "kona" library depends on these languages: + Java + +============== + +Bug reporting + +Report bugs at the feisty meow trac site: +https://trac.feistymeow.org/projects/feistymeow/report +Email fred@gruntose.com for authorization to write up new bug reports. + +There is also a github mirror of feisty meow at: +https://github.com/fredhamster/feisty_meow +The github repository will accept bug reports without an authorization process. + +============== + +More information is available at the official site: https://feistymeow.org + ============== -More information is available at the official site http://feistymeow.org