h1. Getting started

* See the "user manual":./doc to begin using Ruby-VPI.

* See the "release history":./history.html to see what is new in this release.

* See API documentation for the "C extension":./ref/c or "Ruby-VPI libraries":./ref/ruby.

* Visit the "project website":http://ruby-vpi.rubyforge.org for additional resources.


h1. Compiling from source

In addition to the "normal requirements":./doc/usage.requirements.html, you need the following software to compile from source:

* "DocBook-XML":http://www.docbook.org/
** xsltproc
** xmlto
* "RedCloth":http://rubyforge.org/projects/redcloth/
* "SWIG":http://www.swig.org/

Once you have satisfied these requirements, you can run @rake release@ to build the release packages. Also, see the output of @rake -T@ for more build options.