Credit Andrea with some Windows area clarification

[goodguy/cin-manual-latex.git] / parts / Installation.tex

diff --git a/parts/Installation.tex b/parts/Installation.tex
index 6d5e6123fd6e46f354cb60bc9b328731d1ec01aa..8880c08caa7817a92be8a9c4f38004a8001a4e1f 100644 (file)
--- a/parts/Installation.tex
+++ b/parts/Installation.tex
@@ -243,20 +243,19 @@ cd cinelerra5/cinelerra-5.1
 \begin{lstlisting}[style=sh]
 ./blds/bld_prepare.sh <os> # where <os> represents the
                            # Operating System of
-                           # centos, fedora, suse, ubuntu, mint, debian, arch, debian-testing, ubuntu-testing.
+                           # centos, fedora, suse, ubuntu, mint, debian, arch, debian-older, ubuntu-older.
 ./autogen.sh
 ./configure --prefix=/usr  # optional parameters can be added here
 make 2>&1 | tee log        # make and log the build
 \end{lstlisting}
 
-\texttt{bld\_prepare.sh} works for debian-testing, ubuntu-testing, and arch with some additional information. For Arch linux, a README file containing many more dependencies is maintained. For Gentoo, a README file lists other dependencies that have to be installed manually.
+\texttt{bld\_prepare.sh} works for Arch and Gentoo with some additional information. For Arch linux, a README file containing many more dependencies is maintained. For Gentoo, a README file lists other dependencies that have to be installed manually.
 \begin{list}{}{}
   \item \href{https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/README.arch}{https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/README.arch}
   \item \href{https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/README.gentoo}{https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/README.gentoo}
 \end{list}
 
-  \texttt{bld\_prepare.sh} option of debian-testing and ubuntu-testing is currently for perhaps the absolute latest versions and future distros and
-  will be changed to more relevant names when they are released.
+  \texttt{bld\_prepare.sh} option of debian-older and ubuntu-older is currently for older operating system versions since before about 06/2022.
 
 \item Check for obvious build errors:
 \begin{lstlisting}[style=sh]
@@ -476,7 +475,13 @@ Getting a build to work in a custom environment is not easy.  If you
 have already installed libraries which are normally in the
 thirdparty build, getting them to be recognized means you have to
 install the \textit{devel} version so the header files which match
-the library interfaces exist.  Below is the list of thirdparty
+the library interfaces exist. If you want to build using only the
+thirdparty libraries installed in your system, just include 
+"--without-thirdparty" to your configure script.  For example:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=sh]
+./confgure --with-single-user --disable-static-build --without-thirdparty
+\end{lstlisting}
+Below is the list of thirdparty
 builds, but this list may have changed over time.
 % It's list of Table?
 
@@ -632,6 +637,8 @@ git clean -i     # interactive clean, use answer 1 to "clean"
 If you have a problem with the current GIT version, you can revert
 to a previous working version easily.  The commands to use will be
 similar to these next lines which are then explained in more detail.
+You need "history" to do this, so should not have used the "depth 1"
+parameter on your GIT.
 \strut
  
 \begin{lstlisting}[style=sh]
@@ -716,6 +723,10 @@ cd cinelerra
 gdb ./ci
 \end{lstlisting}
 
+When you get the gdb prompt, type the letter "r", for run, and the windows will come up.
+If there is a crash, the windows will freeze and typing "bt" for backtrace in the startup window
+after the gdb prompt, provides useful information.
+
 
 \subsection{Unbundled Builds}%
 \label{sub:unbundled_builds}