From c0be0aecbd90418719a3461d023bf393a40c533e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Senetar Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 21:04:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Minor documentation update --- README.md | 12 +++--------- macos.md | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cc963749..a92e518d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,16 +1,12 @@ # dupeGuru [dupeGuru][dupeguru] is a cross-platform (Linux, OS X, Windows) GUI tool to find duplicate files in -a system. It is written mostly in Python 3 and has the peculiarity of using -[multiple GUI toolkits][cross-toolkit], all using the same core Python code. On OS X, the UI layer -is written in Objective-C and uses Cocoa. On Linux, it is written in Python and uses Qt5. - -The Cocoa UI of dupeGuru is hosted in a separate repo: https://github.com/arsenetar/dupeguru-cocoa +a system. It is written mostly in Python 3 and uses [qt](https://www.qt.io/) for the UI. ## Current status Still looking for additional help especially with regards to: -* OSX maintenance: reproducing bugs & cocoa version, building package with Cocoa UI. -* Linux maintenance: reproducing bugs, maintaining PPA repository, Debian package. +* OSX maintenance: reproducing bugs, packaging verification. +* Linux maintenance: reproducing bugs, maintaining PPA repository, Debian package, rpm package. * Translations: updating missing strings, transifex project at https://www.transifex.com/voltaicideas/dupeguru-1 * Documentation: keeping it up-to-date. @@ -43,12 +39,10 @@ For macos instructions (qt version) see the [macOS Instructions](macos.md). When running in a linux based environment the following system packages or equivalents are needed to build: * python3-pyqt5 * pyqt5-dev-tools (on some systems, see note) -* python3-wheel (for hsaudiotag3k) * python3-venv (only if using a virtual environment) * python3-dev * build-essential - Note: On some linux systems pyrcc5 is not put on the path when installing python3-pyqt5, this will cause some issues with the resource files (and icons). These systems should have a respective pyqt5-dev-tools package, which should also be installed. The presence of pyrcc5 can be checked with `which pyrcc5`. Debian based systems need the extra package, and Arch does not. To create packages the following are also needed: diff --git a/macos.md b/macos.md index e026538f..ae0c8c74 100644 --- a/macos.md +++ b/macos.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ ## How to build dupeGuru for macos +These instructions are for the Qt version of the UI on macOS. +*Note: The Cocoa UI of dupeGuru is hosted in a separate repo: https://github.com/arsenetar/dupeguru-cocoa and is no longer "supported".* ### Prerequisites - [Python 3.7+][python]