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description of the problem: your input, what you expected, what you got, and | description of the problem: your input, what you expected, what you got, and | |||
why this is wrong. Patches are welcome, but they only describe a solution, | why this is wrong. Patches are welcome, but they only describe a solution, | |||
from which the problem might be uneasy to infer. If needed, submit actual | from which the problem might be uneasy to infer. If needed, submit actual | |||
data files with your report. | data files with your report. | |||
Your feedback will help us to make a better and more portable package. | Your feedback will help us to make a better and more portable package. | |||
Consider documentation errors as bugs, and report them as such. If | Consider documentation errors as bugs, and report them as such. If | |||
you develop anything pertaining to Recode or have suggestions, please | you develop anything pertaining to Recode or have suggestions, please | |||
share them on GitHub. | share them on GitHub. | |||
The [[https://github.com/pinard/Recode][Git repository]] for Recode gives access | The [[https://github.com/pinard/Recode][Git repository]] for Recode gives access | |||
, through the magic of Git | , through the magic of Git and | |||
and GitHub, to all distribution releases, would they be actual or | GitHub, to all distribution releases, be they actual or past, pretest or | |||
past, pretest or official, as well as individual files. | official, as well as individual files. | |||
* Installation | * Installation | |||
** In a hurry? | ** In a hurry? | |||
See =INSTALL=. | See =INSTALL=. | |||
More fine-grained instructions follow. | More fine-grained instructions follow. | |||
** Prerequisites | ** Prerequisites | |||
Simple installation of Recode requires the usual tools and facilities | Simple installation of Recode requires the usual tools and facilities as | |||
as those needed for most GNU packages. If not already bundled with | those needed for most GNU packages. If not already bundled with your | |||
your system, you also need to pre-install [[http://www.python.org][Python]], ver | system, you also need to install [[https://www.python.org][Python]], version 3.5 | |||
sion 2.2 or | or later. | |||
later. | ||||
It is also convenient to have some *iconv* library already present on your | ||||
It is also convenient to have some *iconv* library already present on | system, this much extends Recode capabilities, especially in the area of | |||
your system, this much extends Recode capabilities, especially in the | Asiatic character sets. GNU *libc*, as found on Linux systems and a few | |||
area of Asiatic character sets. GNU *libc*, as found on Linux systems | others, already has such an *iconv* library. Otherwise, you might consider | |||
and a few others, already has such an *iconv* library. Otherwise, you | installing the [[https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/][portable libiconv]], wr | |||
might consider pre-installing the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/][porta | itten by Bruno Haible. | |||
ble libiconv]], written by Bruno | ||||
Haible. | ||||
** Getting a release | ** Getting a release | |||
Source files and various distributions (either latest, prestest, or | Source files and various distributions (either latest, prestest, or | |||
archive) are available through [[https://github.com/pinard/Recode/][GitHub]]. | archive) are available through [[https://github.com/pinard/Recode/][GitHub]]. | |||
** Configure options | ** Configure options | |||
Once you have an unpacked distribution, see files: | Once you have an unpacked distribution, see files: | |||
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