Update Ubuntu 14.04 installation instructions.
Change-Id: Ia824f305b638c1263752efe35690fc0e5db9f75a
diff --git a/docs/source/building.rst b/docs/source/building.rst
index f77fe43..904e5e4 100644
--- a/docs/source/building.rst
+++ b/docs/source/building.rst
@@ -106,12 +106,14 @@
.. NOTE::
- Up to at least Ubuntu 13.10, the SuiteSparse package in the official
+ Up to at least Ubuntu 14.04, the SuiteSparse package in the official
package repository (built from SuiteSparse v3.4.0) **cannot** be used
to build Ceres as a *shared* library. Thus if you want to build
Ceres as a shared library using SuiteSparse, you must perform a
- source install of SuiteSparse. It is recommended that you use the
- current version of SuiteSparse (4.2.1 at the time of writing).
+ source install of SuiteSparse or use an external PPA (see
+ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/suitesparse/+bug/1333214).
+ It is recommended that you use the current version of SuiteSparse
+ (4.2.1 at the time of writing).
Start by installing all the dependencies.
@@ -120,18 +122,8 @@
# CMake
sudo apt-get install cmake
- # gflags
- tar -xvzf gflags-2.0.tar.gz
- cd gflags-2.0
- ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
- make
- sudo make install.
- # google-glog must be configured to use the previously installed gflags
- tar -xvzf glog-0.3.2.tar.gz
- cd glog-0.3.2
- ./configure --with-gflags=/usr/local/
- make
- sudo make install
+ # google-glog + gflags
+ sudo apt-get install libgoogle-glog-dev
# BLAS & LAPACK
sudo apt-get install libatlas-base-dev
# Eigen3
@@ -142,8 +134,10 @@
# repository:
sudo apt-get install libsuitesparse-dev
# - However, if you want to build Ceres as a *shared* library, you must
- # perform a source install of SuiteSparse (and uninstall the Ubuntu
- # package if it is currently installed.
+ # add the following PPA:
+ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bzindovic/suitesparse-bugfix-1319687
+ sudo apt-get update
+ sudo apt-get install libsuitesparse-dev
We are now ready to build, test, and install Ceres.
