Re: obs dependencies (suse)

[T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/13/24 10:03, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> Le 13/12/2024 à 15:52, T Lee Davidson a écrit :
> > > Can you provide the full log of the install process done on the command line?
> >
> > I thought that installing around 300 files was a bit much but figured Gambas needed the dependencies to make installation 
> > packages.
> >
> > Anyway, here's my installation log. Attachment: openSUSE-install.log
>
> Thanks.
>
> The 'spec' file makes the IDE package depends on autoconf, automake...
>
> They will be used if you use the IDE packager to make an 'autoconf' package, but they are not mandatory per se.
>
> So I don't think they should be a package requirement.
>
> A C compiler is needed to make the JIT component work. Otherwise, it is not be mandatory. It's just that if you don't install a 
> C compiler, you won't get just-in-time compiler. The 'spec' file uses 'Recommends:' keyword instead of 'Requires:'.
>
> Maybe I should do the same for 'autoconf' and other optional dependencies in the IDE package?

Yes. If a dependency is optional it should be specified as Recommends so the user has the option to install or not.


> Otherwise I don't understand why there are some development packages (qt6 for example?). They are not in the 'spec' file, they 
> must be indirect dependencies.
>
> Which command did you use exactly to install all that?

I simply used the instructions on OBS:
zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:gambas:master/openSUSE_Leap_15.6/home:gambas:master.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install gambas3


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Lee

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