[AVRO-2020] Update BUILD instructions with correct versions for language-specific libraries

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.7, 1.8.1, 1.9.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: community, doc
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sean Busbey
• Created: 10/Apr/17 14:09
• Updated: 01/Apr/19 20:14
• Resolved: 01/Apr/19 20:14

Description

our BUILD instructions current list a few things I know are wrong (Ruby 1.8 support) and some things I'm pretty sure are wrong (Java 1.6 support).

we should do a pass checking all the languages.

REQUIREMENTS

The following packages must be installed before Avro can be built:

 - Java: JDK 1.6, Maven 2 or better, protobuf-compile
 - PHP: php5, phpunit, php5-gmp
 - Python: 2.5 or greater, python-setuptools for dist target
 - C: gcc, cmake, asciidoc, source-highlight
 - C++: cmake 2.8.4 or greater, g++, flex, bison, libboost-dev
 - C#: mono-devel mono-gmcs nunit
 - JavaScript: nodejs, npm
 - Ruby: ruby 1.86 or greater, ruby-dev, gem, rake, echoe, yajl-ruby
 - Perl: perl 5.8.1 or greater, gmake, Module::Install,
   Module::Install::ReadmeFromPod, Module::Install::Repository,
   Math::BigInt, JSON::XS, Try::Tiny, Regexp::Common, Encode,
   IO::String, Object::Tiny, Compress::ZLib, Test::More,
   Test::Exception, Test::Pod
 - Apache Ant 1.7
 - Apache Forrest 0.8 (for documentation)
 - md5sum, sha1sum, used by top-level dist target