- libintl
- libltdl
- libunistring
+- libgc
It will also use the libreadline library if it is available. For each
of these there is a corresponding --with-XXX-prefix option that you
can use when invoking ./configure, if you have these libraries
- GNU MP, at least version 4.1
GNU MP is used for bignum arithmetic. It is available from
- http://swox.com/gmp
+ http://gmplib.org/ .
- - libltdl from libtool, at least from libtool version 1.5.6
+ - libltdl from GNU Libtool, at least version 1.5.6
libltdl is used for loading extensions at run-time. It is
- available from http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
+ available from http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ .
- GNU libunistring
`utf*->string' procedures. It is available from
http://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/ .
+ - libgc, at least version 7.0
+
+ libgc (aka. the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector) is the
+ conservative garbage collector used by Guile. It is available
+ from http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/ .
+
Special Instructions For Some Systems =====================================