From 9ffd026c312636ee6c1dc73d1868e044ba0d5a5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Worthington Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:21:53 +0200 Subject: Say what Blizkost actually *is* in the README so folks can guage whether or not they want it. --- skel/README | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'skel/README') diff --git a/skel/README b/skel/README index cd2c2c2..96bf551 100644 --- a/skel/README +++ b/skel/README @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ copyright and licensing information of those components. Build Prerequisites ------------------- To build Rakudo Star you need at least a C copmiler, a 'make' utility, -and Perl 5.8 or newer. +and Perl 5.8 or newer. In order to fully support Unicode, you'll also want to have the ICU library installed (http://site.icu-project.org/). Rakudo can run without ICU, but some Unicode-related features -do not work properly. +will not work properly. On Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu Linux, the necessary components for building Rakudo can be installed via the command. @@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ components for building Rakudo can be installed via the command Readline support also requires the "libreadline5-dev" library. -Blizkost wants to have the Perl 5 development libraries available; -on Debian/Ubuntu this is available through the libperl-dev package. +Rakudo Star includes Blizkost, which enables you to use Perl 5 +modules from Perl 6. If you wish to use this, then you must have +the Perl 5 development libraries available for either Perl 5.10 or +Perl 5.12; on Debian/Ubuntu this is available through the libperl-dev +package. Building Rakudo Star @@ -67,7 +70,8 @@ If the Rakudo compiler is invoked without an explicit script to run, it enters a small interactive mode that allows Perl 6 statements to be executed from the command line. -To build and install "Blizkost", use: +To build and install "Blizkost" to gain the ability to use Perl 5 +modules from Perl 6, use: $ make blizkost-install -- cgit v1.1