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authorPetr Mrázek2011-12-24 14:44:14 +0100
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Update compile doc with the perl and XML::LibXML dependency.
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a 64-bit distribution like Arch, you'll need the multilib development tools and libraries.</p>
<p>Before you can build anything, you'll also need <tt class="docutils literal">cmake</tt>. It is advisable to also get
<tt class="docutils literal">ccmake</tt> on distributions that split the cmake package into multiple parts.</p>
+<p>For the code generation parts, you need perl and the XML::LibXML perl package.
+You should be able to find them in your distro repositories (on Arch linux 'perl-xml-libxml').</p>
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<div class="section" id="build">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Build</a></h2>
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site: <a class="reference external" href="http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html">http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html</a></p>
<p>It has the usual installer wizard. Make sure you let it add its binary folder
to your binary search PATH so the tool can be later run from anywhere.</p>
-<p>You'll also need a copy of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010. The Express version is sufficient.
+<p>You'll need a copy of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010. The Express version is sufficient.
Grab it from Microsoft's site.</p>
+<p>For the code generation parts, you'll need perl and XML::LibXML. You can install them like this:
+* download and install strawberry perl from http://strawberryperl.com/
+* reboot so that the system can pick up the new binary path
+* open a cmd.exe window and run &quot;cpan XML::LibXML&quot; (obviously without the quotes). This can take a while to complete.</p>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6">Build</a></h2>
<p>Open the <tt class="docutils literal">build</tt> folder and double click the batch script there. This will eventually open