From a42be263acc446a3e0add154f3f682a5c4bd8de9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nigel Stewart Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 14:44:44 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] README updates --- README.md | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 36e9333..a99e2ce 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ Snapshots may contain new features, bug-fixes or new OpenGL extensions ahead of [glew-20160708.tgz](http://sourceforge.net/projects/glew/files/glew/snapshots/glew-20160708.tgz/download) *GLEW 2.0.0 RC: Core context, EGL support, no MX* -[glew-20160402.tgz](http://sourceforge.net/projects/glew/files/glew/snapshots/glew-20160402.tgz/download) -*GLEW 2.0.0 RC: Core context, EGL support, no MX* - ## Build -From a downloaded tarball or zip archive: +It is highly recommended to build from a tgz or zip release snapshot. +The code generation workflow is a complex brew of gnu make, perl and python, that works best on Linux or Mac. +For most end-users of GLEW the official releases are the best choice, with first class support. ### Linux and Mac @@ -41,9 +40,9 @@ From a downloaded tarball or zip archive: ##### Install build tools -Debian/Ubuntu/Mint: `$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libxmu-dev libxi-dev libgl-dev libosmesa-dev git` +Debian/Ubuntu/Mint: `$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libxmu-dev libxi-dev libgl-dev libosmesa-dev` -RedHat/CentOS/Fedora: `$ sudo yum install libXmu-devel libXi-devel libGL-devel git` +RedHat/CentOS/Fedora: `$ sudo yum install libXmu-devel libXi-devel libGL-devel` ##### Build @@ -61,9 +60,9 @@ Variables: `SYSTEM=linux-clang, GLEW_DEST=/usr/local, STRIP=` ##### Install build tools -Debian/Ubuntu/Mint: `$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libXmu-dev libXi-dev libgl-dev git cmake` +Debian/Ubuntu/Mint: `$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libXmu-dev libXi-dev libgl-dev cmake` -RedHat/CentOS/Fedora: `$ sudo yum install libXmu-devel libXi-devel libGL-devel git cmake` +RedHat/CentOS/Fedora: `$ sudo yum install libXmu-devel libXi-devel libGL-devel cmake` ##### Build