| paul@810 | 1 | = Prerequisites = |
| paul@810 | 2 | |
| paul@861 | 3 | The software currently requires Python to operate. All recent development has |
| paul@861 | 4 | been done using Python 2.7 which should be available for most operating system |
| paul@861 | 5 | distributions. In future, Lichen will hopefully be compiled using its own |
| paul@861 | 6 | toolchain and not require Python. See the Debian `python-minimal` or `python` |
| paul@861 | 7 | packages or their equivalents. |
| paul@810 | 8 | |
| paul@861 | 9 | To produce executable programs, a C compiler and GNU make are required. The GNU |
| paul@861 | 10 | C compiler, GCC, has been used for development and testing, and it should be |
| paul@861 | 11 | available in various forms for most operating system distributions. Indeed, |
| paul@861 | 12 | cross-compiling form of GCC has been used to test the toolchain output. See the |
| paul@861 | 13 | Debian `gcc` and `make` packages or their equivalents. |
| paul@810 | 14 | |
| paul@861 | 15 | As Free Software, priority has been given to supporting Lichen on Free Software |
| paul@861 | 16 | platforms, with Debian GNU/Linux being the development platform. Proprietary |
| paul@861 | 17 | platforms are neither supported nor recommended. |
