From f8352f05937e7401509aef80b02f34867d6e41a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Teemu Toivola Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 01:08:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add prerequisites section to INSTALL files, closes #58 --- INSTALL | 13 +++++++++++++ INSTALL_BSD | 12 ++++++++++++ man/vnstati.1 | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 883df64..43211c1 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,4 +1,17 @@ +Prerequisites +::::::::::::: + + - make + - C compiler + - user with access to kernel interface statistics + - usually available by default but can be restricted for example + by grsecurity and similar security enhancement suites or settings + - libgd (optional, image output) + - check (optional, test suite) + - autotools (optional, for recreating configure and makefiles) + + Compiling the binaries :::::::::::::::::::::: diff --git a/INSTALL_BSD b/INSTALL_BSD index eeafa3f..d152bdc 100644 --- a/INSTALL_BSD +++ b/INSTALL_BSD @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@ +Prerequisites +::::::::::::: + + - make or gmake + - C compiler + - user with access to kernel interface statistics + - usually available by default but may be restricted by security settings + - graphics/gd (optional, image output) + - devel/check (optional, test suite) + - autotools (optional, for recreating configure and makefiles) + + Compiling the binaries :::::::::::::::::::::: diff --git a/man/vnstati.1 b/man/vnstati.1 index 46ff73e..9fa71b2 100644 --- a/man/vnstati.1 +++ b/man/vnstati.1 @@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ file /home/me/vnstat.cfg to standard output (stdout). .SH RESTRICTIONS -Depending on the font provided by the GD library, not all characters may end up shown -correctly when a UTF-8 locale is used. +Depending on the built-in fonts provided by the GD library, not all characters +may end up shown correctly when a UTF-8 locale is used. .PP Using long date output formats may cause misalignment in shown columns if the length of the date exceeds the fixed size allocation. -- 2.40.0