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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 694f1db050a8045fbe5d2360112a4d35c16e1170..1e003be75a22cde322a33e87880f15a590aa7f7d 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ These four steps will compile, test and install LyX:
        0) Linux users beware: You need qt4 and qt4-devel packages 
           of the same version to compile LyX.
 
-       1) ./configure
-          configures LyX according to your system. 
-          You may have to set
-           --with-qt4-dir=<path-to-your-qt4-installation>
-     if the environment variable QTDIR is not set (for example,
-     '--with-qt4-dir=/usr/share/qt4/'). Alternatively, you could
-     install pkgconfig (the name might vary depending on your 
-     distribution). 
+          In general, it is also recommended to have pkg-config
+          installed (the name might vary depending on your 
+          distribution).
+
+       1) ./configure configures LyX according to your system. You
+          may have to set --with-qt4-dir=<path-to-your-qt4-installation>
+          (for example, "--with-qt4-dir=/usr/share/qt4/") if the
+          environment variable QTDIR is not set and pkg-config is not
+          available.
+          
           See Note below if ./configure script is not present.
 
        2) make
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ Note for Subversion (SVN) checkouts
 If you have checked this out from Subversion, you need to have:
 * automake >= 1.8
 * autoconf >= 2.59c
-* gettext >= 0.12
+* gettext >= 0.16.1
 Then type "./autogen.sh" to build the needed configuration
 files and proceed as stated below.
 
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ The two following programs should be available at configuration time:
     as. Otherwise, LyX will not be able to run a number of tests. Note
     that users can run these tests manually with Tools>Reconfigure.
 
-  o Python 2.3 or newer installed to be able to import older LyX files
+  o Python 2.4 or newer must be installed. Python is used for many
+    simple tasks that are executed by external scripts, such as the
+    automatic configuration step and the import of older LyX documents
     with the lyx2lyx script (this script is called automatically when
     opening a file). Python 3.0 or later is not supported.