It aims to do this with zero dependencies beyond the programs already
installed on your computer†.
-† The only non‐Posix programs‡ required are those provided by `libxml2`
- and `libxslt` (which most operating systems provide), but on Linux
- machines the commandline utilities may need to be installed
- separately as **`libxml2-utils`** and **`xsltproc`**.
+† The only non‐Posix programs‡ required (other than G·N·U Make itself,
+ and optionally Git) are those provided by `libxml2` and `libxslt`.
+On most operating systems, these libraries come pre·installed, but on
+ Linux machines the commandline utilities are often packaged
+ separately (as **`libxml2-utils`** and **`xsltproc`**), which may
+ still need to be installed.
Additionally, not all Linux distributions bundle all necessary Posix
programs; on Debian (for example) you may need to separately install
**`sharutils`** for `uudecode` and `uuencode` and **`pax`** for
supported, is not a part of the Posix standard.
**Note:**
-⛩️📰 书社 requires functionality present in G·N·U Make 3.81 (or later)
- and will not work in previous versions, or other implementations of
- Make.
-Compatibility with later versions of G·N·U Make is assumed, but not
- tested.
+⛩️📰 书社 requires functionality present in G·N·U Make 3.81 or later,
+ and will not work in previous versions, or with other implementations
+ of Make.
## Nomenclature