[tor-commits] r25390: {website} explain further dependencies point to libevent 2 debs explai (website/trunk/projects/en)

[Roger Dingledine]

Author: arma
Date: 2012-02-10 05:53:58 +0000 (Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
New Revision: 25390

Modified:
   website/trunk/projects/en/obfsproxy-instructions.wml
Log:
explain further dependencies

point to libevent 2 debs

explain that you don't need to install obfsproxy as root if you don't
want to.


Modified: website/trunk/projects/en/obfsproxy-instructions.wml
===================================================================
--- website/trunk/projects/en/obfsproxy-instructions.wml	2012-02-10 05:34:57 UTC (rev 25389)
+++ website/trunk/projects/en/obfsproxy-instructions.wml	2012-02-10 05:53:58 UTC (rev 25390)
@@ -29,10 +29,16 @@
      </p>
 
     <p>
-    In a Linux system using the APT package manager you could do: <br>
-    <tt># apt-get install autotools-dev gcc git libevent-2.0-5 libevent-dev libevent-openssl-2.0-5 libssl-dev</tt>
+    On Debian testing or Ubuntu oneiric, you could do: <br>
+    <tt># apt-get install autoconf autotools-dev gcc git pkg-config libtool libevent-2.0-5 libevent-dev libevent-openssl-2.0-5 libssl-dev</tt>
     </p>
 
+    <p>If you're on a more stable Linux, you can either <a
+    href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/5009#comment:9">try
+    our experimental backport debs</a> or <a href="">build libevent2 from
+    source</a>.
+    </p>
+
     <p>
     Clone obfsproxy from its git repository:<br>
     <tt>$ git clone https://git.torproject.org/obfsproxy.git</tt> <br>
@@ -47,11 +53,18 @@
     </p>
 
     <p>
-    And then <strong>as root</strong> install obfsproxy in your system: <br>
+    Optionally, <strong>as root</strong> install obfsproxy in your
+    system: <br>
     <tt># make install</tt>
     </p>
 
     <p>
+    If you prefer not to install obfsproxy as root, you can instead
+    just modify the Transport lines in your torrc file (explained below)
+    to point to your obfsproxy binary.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
     You will need Tor 0.2.3.11-alpha or later.
     </p>