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@@ -1,15 +1,37 @@
-* Compiling
+LTT Viewing Tools package README
+--------------------------------
+Mathieu Desnoyers 
+Last update: 2007/05/14
+
 
-Some development libraries are needed for compiling :
+This package contains the trace reading library and trace viewing tools for
+the new Linux Trace Toolkit trace format.
 
-gtk 2 development libraries (libgtk2.0-dev)
-glib 2 development libraries (libglib2.0-dev)
-libpopt development libraries (libpopt-dev)
+* Compiling
+
+gcc 3.2 or better
+gtk 2.4 or better development libraries
+  (Debian : libgtk2.0, libgtk2.0-dev)
+  (Fedora : gtk2, gtk2-devel)
+  note : For Fedora users : this might require at least core 3 from Fedora,
+  or you might have to compile your own GTK2 library.
+glib 2.4 or better development libraries
+  (Debian : libglib2.0-0, libglib2.0-dev)
+  (Fedora : glib2, glib2-devel)
+libpopt development libraries
+  (Debian : libpopt0, libpopt-dev)
+  (Fedora : popt)
+libpango development libraries
+  (Debian : libpango1.0, libpango1.0-dev)
+  (Fedora : pango, pango-devel)
+libc6 development librairies 
+  (Debian : libc6, libc6-dev)
+  (Fedora : glibc, glibc)
 
 
 To compile the source tree from a tarball, simply follow these steps :
 
-- run ./configure
+- ./configure
 - make
 - make install
 
@@ -17,21 +39,24 @@ After running ./configure, you can also go in specific subdirectories and
 use make, make install.
 
 
+* Quick Start
+
+See QUICKSTART.
+
+
 * Source Tree Structure
 
-This is a sample of the suggested tree for Linux Trace Toolkit.
+Here is the tree structure of the Linux Trace Toolkit Viewer package.
 
-LibLTT : Libraries used for LTT.
-README : This file. Introduction pointing to specific resources in the tree.
-debian : debian config files.
-doc :    LTT Documentation.
-doc/user :      User related documentation.
-doc/developer : Developer related documentation.
-kernel : LTT kernel patches.
-lttd :   Linux Trace Toolkit daemon.
-lttv :   Linux Trace Toolkit visualizer/analyzer.
-lttv/plugins :  Linux Trace Toolkit visualizer plugins.
-specs :  RPM config files.
+ltt/           New trace format reading library.
+README         This file.
+debian/                Debian config files (currently empty).
+doc/           Documentation.
+doc/user/      User related documentation.
+doc/developer/ Developer related documentation.
+lttv/          Linux Trace Toolkit trace analysis tool and viewer.
+lttv/modules/  Linux Trace Toolkit analysis tool and viewer plugin modules.
+specs/         RPM config files (currently empty).
 
 
 * For Developers
@@ -41,13 +66,10 @@ portability. Here are some things you should have on your system in order to
 compile the subversion repository tree :
 
 
-GNU autotools (automake-1,7, autoconf2.50, autoheader2.50)
-(make sure your system wide "automake" points to version 1.7!)
-GNU Libtool
-(for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
+- GNU autotools (automake >=1.7, autoconf >=2.50, autoheader >=2.50)
+  (make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!)
+- GNU Libtool
+  (for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
 
 If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the autogen.sh
 script. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare the tree configuration.
-
-
-Mathieu Desnoyers