gEDA

GPL Electronic Design Automation
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README for gnetlist 


- Installation

	See the file INSTALL for more instructions on how to build gnetlist



- System Requirements

	A computer:
   	   - at least the processing power of a i486/66
	   - Enough RAM for X (usually 16 Mbytes but 32 Mbytes recommended)

	Running UNIX:
	   - Semi recent version of Unix or Linux

	The X window system 	
		- A resolution of at least 800x600
		- A color display
		- 3 button mouse (2 button works, but 3 button is better)

	A C compiler (that understands ANSI, like gcc) 

	GLIB version 2.4.x or higher (and anything glib requires)
	GLIB version 1.2.x is no longer supported.
	Glib can be found at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk

	GTK+ version 2.4.x or higher (and anything gtk requires)
	GTK+ version 1.2.x is no longer supported.
	Gtk can be found at: ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk

	libgeda (same version as gnetlist)
	This can be found on the gEDA website/ftpsite

	symbols (same version as gnetlist)
	This can be found on the gEDA website/ftpsite
		
	GUILE - 1.6.x or later is required (and anything guile requires).  
	Guile 1.4.x is no longer supported.
	Guile can be found at: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile

	LibStroke 0.5.1 [OPTIONAL] - if you want stroke support.  The homepage
	for LibStroke is: http://www.etla.net/libstroke/

	libgdgeda 2.0.15 [OPTIONAL] - if you want the ability to write png
	images.  libgdgeda is based on gd 2.0.9  The homepage for gd 2.0.x is
	http://www.boutell.com/gd  You can find libgdgeda on the gEDA
	website: http://www.geda.seul.org/dist

	If you use libgdgeda then you also need zlib.  zlib can be found at:
	http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib  zlib can also be found on
	the gEDA website: http://www.geda.seul.org/dist 

	If you use libgdgeda then you also need libpng.  libpng can be found 
 	at: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngcode.html  libpng can also be 
	found on the gEDA website: http://www.geda.seul.org/dist 



- License  

        gEDA/gaf (which includes libgeda, gschem, gnetlist, geda, setup,
        gsymcheck, gschcheck, gpcb, utils, docs, examples, all associated
        files, the component symbols, and all the file formats) is placed
        under the GNU Public License (GPL) version 2.0.  See the various
        COPYING files for more information.

	Programs and associated files are: 
	Copyright 1998-2006 by Ales Hvezda and the respective original
	authors (which are listed on the respective files)



- gEDA Internet resources

        Homepage: http://geda.seul.org

        Mailing lists: http://geda.seul.org/mailinglist

        For any questions related to gEDA/gaf, please subscribe and post
        to the "geda-user" mailing list.



- Notes
 
	* For anybody developing guile scripts using guile 1.6.x really should
	  set GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED=detailed   to see if they are using any
	  deprecated guile functions in their scripts.  gnetlist disables the
	  guile deprecated function warnings by default.