From 013b2fddc8e2c30c1d983cc05e952d73ae9d3c71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Yury V. Zaytsev" <yury@shurup.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 14:47:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: centralized the list of dependencies, removed outdated
 docs

Signed-off-by: Yury V. Zaytsev <yury@shurup.com>
---
 doc/HACKING | 11 +-------
 doc/INSTALL | 77 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING
index 75cda3eb2..c9efa4050 100644
--- a/doc/HACKING
+++ b/doc/HACKING
@@ -13,16 +13,7 @@ lists.
 Compiling from GIT
 ==================
 
-To compile GNU Midnight commander from GIT, the following software is
-required:
-
-Autoconf 2.64 and above (latest is recommended)
-Automake 1.14 and above (latest is recommended)
-Gettext 0.18.2 and above
-Glib 2.32 and above
-
-Full list of requirements you can see at:
-https://www.midnight-commander.org/wiki/doc/buildAndInstall/req
+The full list of requirements is listed in the INSTALL file.
 
 It is recommended that all those tools are installed with the same
 prefix.  Make sure that the tools with the right version are first in
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL
index 421bf70dd..8fc9bef90 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL
+++ b/doc/INSTALL
@@ -2,17 +2,39 @@ Build requirements for GNU Midnight Commander
 ---------------------------------------------
 
 - glibc or uClibc or musl
+  - https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/
+  - https://uclibc.org
+  - https://www.musl-libc.org
 - gcc or clang
+  - https://gcc.gnu.org
+  - https://clang.llvm.org
 - make
+  - https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
 - autoconf >= 2.64
+  - https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
 - automake >= 1.14
+  - https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
 - libtool
+  - https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
+- pkg-config (optional)
+  - https://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/
 - glib2 >= 2.32
-- slang2 or ncurses
+  - https://www.gtk.org
+- slang2 or ncurses screen library
+  - https://www.jedsoft.org/slang/
+  - https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.html
 - gettext >= 0.18.2
-- libssh2 >= 1.2.8 is required only for sftp vfs
-- libaspell to support spell checking in the internal editor
-- ext2fs >= 1.42.4 to support ext{2,3,4}fs extended attributes
+  - https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
+- pcre or pcre2 (as an alternative to glib-regexp)
+  - https://www.pcre.org
+- gpm (general purpose mouse daemon as an alternative to xterm mouse)
+  - https://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/
+- libssh2 >= 1.2.8 (required only for sftp vfs)
+  - https://libssh2.org
+- libaspell (spell checking support in the internal editor)
+  - http://aspell.net
+- ext2fs >= 1.42.4 (support for ext{2,3,4}fs extended attributes)
+  - https://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
 
 
 Installation instructions for GNU Midnight Commander
@@ -222,29 +244,6 @@ only needed on systems where users cannot access /dev/vcsaN, where N is
 the virtual console number, on which the uses is logged on.
 
 
-Obtaining related software
---------------------------
-
-glib
-----
-
-The only "hard" dependency of GNU Midnight Commander is glib.  You can
-get glib from
-
-* https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/
-
-Minimal version of glib: 2.32.0
-Recommended version: 2.32.x and higher.
-
-Newer versions may work, but haven't been tested.
-
-PCRE
-----
-
-Both PCRE and PCRE2 libraries are supported. You can get PCRE from
-
-* https://www.pcre.org
-
 Terminal database
 -----------------
 
@@ -252,31 +251,9 @@ There are many incomplete terminal databases out there, however, a
 complete terminfo is bundled with ncurses.  (It is simple to generate
 the termcap database using the infocmp utility in ncurses).
 
-Some terminfo data are included with the mc distribution (lib/*.ti).
-Particularly linux, xterm and vt100. Use e.g. ''tic linux.ti'' to use
-them.
-
 If you want to run mc on xterm/color_xterm/ansi_xterm (not rxvt), then
-you might read lib/README.xterm for further information.
+you might read contrib/README.xterm for further information.
 
-Screen libraries
-----------------
-
-GNU Midnight Commander can use the included version of S-Lang, but you
-can get the latest version here:
-
-* https://www.jedsoft.org/slang/
-
-Alternatively, you can use ncurses:
-
-* https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/announce.html
-
-Mouse support
--------------
-
-The general purpose mouse (gpm) daemon is available from
-
-* https://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/
 
 Porting
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