From cd9f38e0451b5fe8de035cbf3fdf95434806bdaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dima Kogan Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:19:20 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Added notes about installing packages from the distro --- README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 31f71353..c70bb0d4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ AprilTag is the subject of the following papers. Install ======= -Officially only Linux operating systems are supported, although users have had success installing on Windows too. +Officially only Linux operating systems are supported. In many Linux distributions apriltag is available in the system package manager, and installing the packages from your distribution is recommended. + +## Building from source +Users have reported success building from source on Linux AND on Windows. The default installation will place headers in /usr/local/include and shared library in /usr/local/lib. It also installs a pkg-config script into /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig and will install a python wrapper if python3 is installed.