From 4e848687474242580e3770d8a3fd02b15b678b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Howard Hinnant Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:25:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Document the minimum GCC version as 7 --- Builds/linux/README.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Builds/linux/README.md b/Builds/linux/README.md index 5d3138413f..bb91eba85c 100644 --- a/Builds/linux/README.md +++ b/Builds/linux/README.md @@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ builds, including docker based builds for those distributions, please consult the [rippled-package-builder](https://github.com/ripple/rippled-package-builder) repository. -Development is regularly done on Ubuntu 16.04 or later. For non Ubuntu -distributions, the steps below should work be installing the appropriate -dependencies using that distribution's package management tools. +Note: Ubuntu 16.04 users may need to update their compiler (see the dependencies +section). For non Ubuntu distributions, the steps below should work be +installing the appropriate dependencies using that distribution's package +management tools. ## Dependencies +gcc-7 or later is required. + Use `apt-get` to install the dependencies provided by the distribution ```