Merge branch 'main' of github.com:mdbtools/gmdb2

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         compiler: [ clang, gcc ]
     steps:
       - name: Install packages
-        run: brew install mdbtools gawk automake gtk+3 yelp-tools itstool
-      - name: Fix mdbtools 0.9.3 installation
-        run: rm /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libmdbsql.pc
+        run: brew install mdbtools gawk automake gtk+3 yelp-tools
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Autoconf
         run: autoreconf -i -f

README.md

@@ -3,18 +3,41 @@
 gmdb2
 --
 
-This is the official GUI for [mdbtools](https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools). It requires:
+This is the official GUI for [mdbtools](https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools). This standalone package (which was included with mdbtools prior to version 0.9.0) is considered beta-quality software. It requires:
 
 * mdbtools 0.9.0 or later
 * GTK+ 3.22 or later
+* gawk and yelp (for documentation)
 
-This standalone package is considered beta-quality software.
+The easiest way to build gmdb2 is to download an official [release](https://github.com/mdbtools/gmdb2/releases). Extract and then run:
 
-Building from source requires autotools, gettext, and yelp-tools:
+```bash
+./configure
+make
+make install
+```
 
-* autoreconf -f -i
-* ./configure
-* make
-* make install
+mdbtools and gtk3 need to be in a place where pkg-config can find them.
+
+To build the latest code from GitHub, you will need a few extra tools, namely
+
+* autoconf
+* automake
+* gettext
+* yelp-tools
+
+With these packages installed, run
+
+```bash
+autoreconf -f -i
+```
+
+Then as before
+
+```bash
+./configure
+make
+make install
+```
 
 ![Screenshot](https://mdbtools.github.io/static/images/gmdb2screenshot.png)