core: add dependencies and remove instructions for autotools in INSTALL

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WeeChat Installation instructions
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You can build WeeChat with cmake (recommended way) or autotools.
WeeChat can be built with cmake (recommended) or autotools.
[NOTE]
Only cmake is officially supported to build WeeChat. You should use autotools
only if you are not able to use cmake. +
Build with autotools requires more dependencies and is slower than with cmake.
Dependencies
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List of dependencies can be found in user's guide, see page with WeeChat docs:
http://www.weechat.org/doc
Following packages are *required*:
* cmake
* ncurses
* curl
* zlib
* gcrypt
Following packages are all optional:
* for i18n: gettext
* for SSL: gnutls, ca-certificates
* for spell checking: aspell
* for scripting: python, perl, ruby, lua, tcl, guile
* for building doc: asciidoc, source-highlight
For a complete list of dependencies and versions recommended, please look at
'User's guide'.
With cmake
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Installation With cmake
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mkdir build
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make install (as root for installation in system directories)
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With autotools
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./autogen.sh (for cloned git repository only, not .tar.XX package)
./configure --prefix=/where/you/want/install
make
make install (as root for installation in system directories)
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If you want to report bugs/crashes to developers, please:
- compile with debug info (type "Debug" for cmake build, default for autotools),
- enable core files (for bash shell, add "ulimit -c unlimited" to your ~/.bashrc).
See AUTHORS for support, feel free to contact us for any problem.
For more information or installation with autotools, please look at
'User's guide': http://www.weechat.org/doc