[CDRIVER-722] Improve "build from source" guide Created: 25/Jun/15  Updated: 19/Oct/16  Resolved: 30/Oct/15

Status: Closed
Project: C Driver
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 1.2.1

Type: Improvement Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Neal Rigney Assignee: A. Jesse Jiryu Davis
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
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is related to CDRIVER-882 Aggregate install instructions Closed

 Description   

On http://api.mongodb.org/c/current/installing.html, the text

Minimal dependencies are needed to build the MongoDB C driver. Optionally, if you want Kerberos (GSSAPI) or SSL support, you need to install libsasl2 and OpenSSL libraries and development headers respectively.

glances over the need for dev headers. Perhaps a bold on "and development headers" would be helpful.

For RedHat, CentOS, Fedora, related distros, mention "sudo yum install openssl-devel cyrus-sasl-devel", and the equivalent for Debian and derivatives. Windows and Mac users need even more explicit instructions to build from source – e.g., where to download CMake or how to install the Autotools on Mac with Homebrew – as well as instructions for building with SSL and SASL support.



 Comments   
Comment by Githook User [ 04/Nov/15 ]

Author:

{u'username': u'ajdavis', u'name': u'A. Jesse Jiryu Davis', u'email': u'jesse@mongodb.com'}

Message: CDRIVER-882 rearrange install guide

Remove redundant install instructions from README and combine all instructions
in installing.page. Improve the instructions (CDRIVER-722) especially for Open
SSL on El Capitan (CDRIVER-941).
Branch: master
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/c725c7e44e95c0d3762539caaffd715c66a1d42e

Comment by Githook User [ 30/Oct/15 ]

Author:

{u'username': u'ajdavis', u'name': u'A. Jesse Jiryu Davis', u'email': u'jesse@mongodb.com'}

Message: CDRIVER-882 rearrange install guide

Remove redundant install instructions from README and combine all instructions
in installing.page. Improve the instructions (CDRIVER-722) especially for Open
SSL on El Capitan (CDRIVER-941).
Branch: r1.2
https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/commit/c725c7e44e95c0d3762539caaffd715c66a1d42e

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