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Update README to avoid short names for brew packages. Using the longe…
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Add a hint to the README about the correct argument for -m <branch_name>
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add snappy to list of dependencies for OSX. may need to be added to o…
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Add v8 to the list of dependencies on OS X.
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Expand Up @@ -8,14 +8,24 @@ Using [homebrew][homebrew] and the ruby that ships with a recent OS X,
you can easily install the dependencies using the following commands:

sudo easy_install -U pyrex
brew install bzr --system
brew install bazaar --system
brew install libevent
brew install gpg
brew install gnupg
brew install v8
brew install snappy
brew install erlang

Optionally, you can install repo from homebrew as well:

brew install repo

If you have a recent version of Xcode (4.3+), it no longer lives in the `/Developer` directory. This
will cause one of the subcomponents (Sigar) to fail to build. For the time being the workaround is to create
a symbolic link from the old (expected) header files directory, to the new place Xcode likes to keep
it's headers. Do it like this:

sudo ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer /Developer

### Debian/Ubuntu:

The following works for a clean Debian stable (squeeze) installation (under root):
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -53,6 +63,9 @@ Get the latest version from [the google project page](http://code.google.com/p/g

## Clone the Manifest

For `<branch_name>` below, you probably want to use `branch-2.0.xml` unless you are working on a
maintenance or experimental branch.

$ mkdir couchbase
$ cd couchbase
$ repo init -u git://github.com/membase/manifest.git -m <branch_name>
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