README in ruby-vpi-7.3.0 vs README in ruby-vpi-8.0.0
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h1. Getting started
-* See the "user manual":./doc/xhtml to begin using Ruby-VPI.
+* 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.
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+h1. Compiling from source
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+In addition to the "normal requirements":./doc/usage.requirements.html, you need the following software to compile from source:
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+* "DocBook-XML":http://www.docbook.org/
+** xsltproc
+** xmlto
+* "RedCloth":http://rubyforge.org/projects/redcloth/
+* "SWIG":http://www.swig.org/
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+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.