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| author | Ian Denhardt <ian@zenhack.net> | 2014-10-26 01:21:22 -0400 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-10-27 13:53:46 +0100 |
| commit | 8a96bd4bb0f0b67f535ab84d22d1275436fa0b8e (patch) | |
| tree | c333c528761e4027dcdb30bbe4c4bf6358d23d3b /doc | |
| parent | 537c8bb3fc882ef266a9e98b86a9073edec32273 (diff) | |
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doc: Add a note about optional GnuTLS dependency.
* README (Requirements): add a note about 'guix download''s GnuTLS dependency.
* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Likewise.
Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f2b652762d..d3ab9676ee 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -157,11 +157,23 @@ GNU Guix depends on the following packages: @itemize @item @url{http://gnu.org/software/guile/, GNU Guile}, version 2.0.5 or later; @item @url{http://gnupg.org/, GNU libgcrypt}; +@end itemize + +The following dependencies are optional: + +@itemize @item -optionally, installing +Installing @url{http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/guile-json/, Guile-JSON} will allow you to use the @command{guix import pypi} command; it is of interest primarily for developers and not for casual users. +@item +Installing @uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS-Guile} will +allow you to access @code{https} URLs with the @command{guix download} +command (@pxref{Invoking guix download}) and the @command{guix import +pypi} command. This is primarily of interest to developers. +@xref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for Guile,, +gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile}. @end itemize Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the |