Re: gambas3.desktop install idea to detect installed toolkits...

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 04/11/2025 à 23:46, gbWilly a écrit :
> Bruce made a script for Autotools that after install detects what toolkits are actually installed and replaced the gambas3.desktop file.
> So, above is one side of the story.
>
> When it comes to packaging gambas, the second part of the story, Debian/Ubuntu allows for post install scripts to run, an I presume other distro's do as well.
>
> I slightly modified Bruce's script to become a post install script in my Debian recipe and did a test build, installed gambas3 on a virgin system and it worked.
> See attached screenshot on a Mint 22, that shows no QT4 as there is none. This was a fresh install from packages made with a post install script added to the debian recipe.
>
> So the installer just installs the regular desktop file, uses the freshly installed gbx3 to figure out what toolkits are installed and creates a new gambas.desktop file to replace the installed one. Simple as that.
>
> If you're interested I'll do a merge request with the change.

Yes, thanks, make a merge request.

> It should be possible for OpenSuSe and Arch Linux as well, but you'll have to ask the experts on those distro's.

I don't know them enough to be able to do that! If someone can help he 
will be welcome.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.