From 3d99c306b9c697ac0c3082b4643e61699867a546 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Lange Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:02:10 +0200 Subject: Document minimum versions for glibc and libcap. Thank you to James Brown (Roguelazer). Closes #804 --- README | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index c797f56f..f29d2992 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ List of build-time dependencies: - `autotools` * `ncurses` +When building `htop` on Linux with the GNU C Library you will need `glibc` v2.14 or later. +`pcp-htop` for Linux can still be built with older `glibc` versions. + **Note about `ncurses`:** > `htop` requires `ncurses` 6.0. Be aware the appropriate package is sometimes still called libncurses5 (on Debian/Ubuntu). Also `ncurses` usually comes in two flavours: >* With Unicode support. @@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ List of build-time dependencies: List of additional build-time dependencies (based on feature flags): * `sensors` * `hwloc` -* `libcap` +* `libcap` (v2.21 or later) * `libnl-3` Install these and other required packages for C development from your package manager. -- cgit v1.2.3