spksrc: Update master readme file

README.md

@@ -47,23 +47,21 @@ docker run -it --platform=linux/amd64 -v $(pwd):/spksrc -w /spksrc -e TAR_CMD="f
 
 
 ### Virtual machine
-A virtual machine based on an 64-bit version of Debian 11 stable OS is recommended. Non-x86 architectures are not supported.
+A virtual machine based on an 64-bit version of Debian 12 stable OS is recommended. Non-x86 architectures are not supported.
 
 Install the requirements (in sync with `Dockerfile`):
 ```bash
 sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt update
-sudo apt install autoconf-archive autogen automake autopoint bash bc bison \
+sudo apt install autoconf-archive autogen automake autopoint bash bash-completion bc bison \
                  build-essential check cmake curl cython3 debootstrap ed expect fakeroot flex \
-                 g++-multilib gawk gettext git gperf imagemagick intltool jq libbz2-dev libc6-i386 \
-                 libcppunit-dev libffi-dev libgc-dev libgmp3-dev libltdl-dev libmount-dev libncurses-dev \
-                 libpcre3-dev libssl-dev libtool libunistring-dev lzip mercurial moreutils ninja-build \
-                 patchelf php pkg-config python2 python3 python3-distutils rename ruby-mustache rsync scons subversion \
-                 swig texinfo unzip xmlto zip zlib1g-dev
-wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py -O - | sudo python2
-sudo pip2 install wheel httpie
-wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -O - | sudo python3
-sudo pip3 install meson==1.0.0
+                 g++-multilib gawk gettext git gperf httpie imagemagick intltool jq libbz2-dev \
+                 libc6-i386 libcppunit-dev libffi-dev libgc-dev libgmp3-dev libltdl-dev \
+                 libmount-dev libncurses-dev libpcre3-dev libssl-dev libtool libunistring-dev \
+                 lzip man-db manpages-dev mercurial meson mlocate moreutils ninja-build \
+                 patchelf php pkg-config python3 python3-distutils python3-pip python3-virtualenv \
+                 rename ripgrep ruby-mustache rsync scons subversion \
+                 swig texinfo time tree unzip xmlto zip zlib1g-dev
 ```
 From there, follow the instructions in the [Developers HOW TO].
 
@@ -73,35 +71,23 @@ From there, follow the instructions in the [Developers HOW TO].
 
 
 ### LXC
-A container based on 64-bit version of Debian 11 stable OS is recommended. Non-x86 architectures are not supported.  The following assumes your LXD/LXC environment is already initiated (e.g. `lxc init`) and you have minimal LXD/LXC basic knowledge :
-1. Create a new container (will use x86_64/amd64 arch by default): `lxc launch images:debian/11 spksrc`
+A container based on 64-bit version of Debian 12 stable OS is recommended. Non-x86 architectures are not supported.  The following assumes your LXD/LXC environment is already initiated (e.g. `lxc init`) and you have minimal LXD/LXC basic knowledge :
+1. Create a new container (will use x86_64/amd64 arch by default): `lxc launch images:debian/12 spksrc`
 2. Enable i386 arch: `lxc exec spksrc -- /usr/bin/dpkg --add-architecture i386`
 3. Update apt channels: `lxc exec spksrc -- /usr/bin/apt update`
 4. Install all required packages:
 ```bash
-lxc exec spksrc -- /usr/bin/apt install autoconf-archive autogen automake autopoint bash bc bison \
-                                build-essential check cmake curl cython3 debootstrap ed expect fakeroot flex \
-                                g++-multilib gawk gettext git gperf imagemagick intltool jq libbz2-dev libc6-i386 \
-                                libcppunit-dev libffi-dev libgc-dev libgmp3-dev libltdl-dev libmount-dev libncurses-dev \
-                                libpcre3-dev libssl-dev libtool libunistring-dev lzip mercurial moreutils ninja-build \
-                                patchelf php pkg-config python2 python3 python3-distutils rename rsync ruby-mustache scons subversion \
-                                swig texinfo unzip xmlto zip zlib1g-dev
-```
-5. Install `python2` wheels:
-```bash
-lxc exec spksrc -- /bin/bash -c "wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py -O - | python2"
-lxc exec spksrc -- /bin/bash -c "pip2 install virtualenv httpie"
-```
-6. Install `python3` `pip`:
-```bash
-lxc exec spksrc -- /bin/bash -c "wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -O - | python3"
-```
-7. Install `meson`:
-```bash
-lxc exec spksrc -- /bin/bash -c "pip3 install meson==1.0.0"
+lxc exec spksrc -- /usr/bin/apt install autoconf-archive autogen automake autopoint bash bash-completion bc bison \
+                                        build-essential check cmake curl cython3 debootstrap ed expect fakeroot flex \
+                                        g++-multilib gawk gettext git gperf httpie imagemagick intltool jq libbz2-dev \
+                                        libc6-i386 libcppunit-dev libffi-dev libgc-dev libgmp3-dev libltdl-dev \
+                                        libmount-dev libncurses-dev libpcre3-dev libssl-dev libtool libunistring-dev \
+                                        lzip man-db manpages-dev mercurial meson mlocate moreutils ninja-build \
+                                        patchelf php pkg-config python3 python3-distutils python3-pip python3-virtualenv \
+                                        rename ripgrep ruby-mustache rsync scons subversion \
+                                        swig texinfo time tree unzip xmlto zip zlib1g-dev
 ```
 
-
 #### LXC: `spksrc` user
 8. By default it is assumed that you will be running as `spksrc` user into the LXC container.  Such user needs to be created into the default container image:
 ```bash
@@ -118,22 +104,6 @@ lxc exec spksrc -- su --login spksrc
 spksrc@spksrc:~$
 ```
 
-#### (OPTIONAL) Install misc base tools:
-```bash
-lxc exec spksrc -- /usr/bin/apt install bash-completion man-db manpages-dev \
-                                        mlocate ripgrep rsync tree time
-lxc exec spksrc -- /usr/bin/updatedb
-```
-Install github client:
-```
-$ lxc exec spksrc -- su --login root
-# curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
-# echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
-# sudo apt update
-# sudo apt install gh
-# exit
-```
-
 #### (OPTIONAL) LXC: Shared `spksrc` user
 You can create a shared user between your Debian/Ubuntu host and the LXC Debian container which simplifies greatly file management between the two.  The following assumes you already created a user `spksrc` with uid 1001 in your Debian/Ubuntu host environment and that you which to share its `/home` userspace.
 1. Create a mapping rule between the hosts and the LXC image: