Pre-emptively add instructions to the README for building the Debian

[invirt/packages/python-afs.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 2e641ab..dc1dbd9 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Installing PyAFS
 
 To install PyAFS, you will first need to install Cython_. It's always
 a good idea to install Cython through your package manager, if
-possible. Your system's Cython package may be named ``python-cython``
-or ``cython-py25``. If your package manager doesn't have a package for
+possible. Your system's Cython package may be named ``cython`` or
+``cython-py25``. If your package manager doesn't have a package for
 Cython, or if you wish to install Cython by hand anyway, you can do so
 by running::
 
@@ -24,4 +24,16 @@ which will build the C extensions in place next to their source,
 allowing you to import the various modules, so long as your current
 working directory is the root of the PyAFS source tree.
 
+Alternatively, PyHesiod has been packaged for Debian and Ubuntu. To
+build the Debian package of the latest release, run::
+
+  $ git checkout debian
+  $ git buildpackage
+  $ sudo debi
+
+You will need the devscripts and git-buildpackage packages installed,
+as well as this package's build dependencies (cdbs, debhelper,
+python-all-dev, python-support, python-pyrex, python-setuptools,
+libopenafs-dev).
+
 .. _Cython: http://cython.org/