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@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ interface for accessing file-system objects, for which it uses several
back-ends that provide the actual implementation of the various storage media
types, volume systems and file systems.
+A note about REQUIREMENTS: dfvfs requires the following packages [secondary
+dependancies are listed in brackets]. They should be installed IN THE ORDER
+LISTED. This is important because while libewf support is optional for the
+sleuthkit (a requirement for pytsk), it is a REQUIRED option for the sleuthkit
+when building dfvfs. Do NOT rely on automated tools to properly order your
+dependancies.
+
+REQUIRES="[six] construct [pysetuptools] [python-gflags] [python-dateutil]
+[pytz] protobuf libbde libewf libqcow libsigscan libsmdev libsmraw libvhdi
+libvmdk libvshadow [sleuthkit] pytsk"
+
Supported:
EWF (EWF-E01, EWF-Ex01, EWF-S01)
@@ -44,15 +55,6 @@ Supported file systems:
NTFS version 3
UFS version 1, 2
-TODO add more detail here regarding FAT and other supported FS
-Compressed stream file types
-
-Supported:
-
- bzip2
- gzip
- zlib (both zlib-DEFLATE and raw-DEFLATE)
-
Archive file types
Supported: