[Gambas-user] Packager appears broken in Gambas 2.0.0 under Ubuntu Hardy

[Bob Warren]

Benoit Minisini wrote:
> On vendredi 9 mai 2008, Bob Warren wrote:
>   
>> OK, thanks very much Benoit. I'll give it a try.
>> How about arranging for the Ubuntu repository to be updated to 2.1 as well?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>     
>
> Ask Ubuntu! I don't make any package for any distribution, I don't have the 
> time for that...
>
> Regards,
>
>   
I'm not surprised you don't have the time Benoit! You are already 
performing miracles!
But it would be nice if somehow the distributions could be kept up to date.

Thanks to your tip, I managed it, but it is definitely not the kind of 
thing that a non-geek would do. Your Gambas page points to 
http://gambas.gnulinex.org/ubuntu
for more recent versions. The instructions given there are generically 
appropriate, but the devil is in the details! If they are followed 
verbatim, they don't work in Ubuntu Hardy. Anyway, what follows are some 
additional notes showing how I managed to update my Gambas from 2.0 to 
2.5. They are not "official", but they might be helpful to other 
non-geeky Ubuntu users.

Oh, by the way, I produced an Ubuntu package for my "Shit3" project 
using Gambas 2.5, and it worked perfectly, so I am extremely satisfied.

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This is how I updated from Gambas 2.0 to 2.5

What I did is a modification of the instructions found at:
http://gambas.gnulinex.org/ubuntu/

Fresh Gambas Debian packages for Ubuntu provided by the gnuLinEx project

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1.  #  Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://azores.linex.org/gambas-other/ hardy main

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How to edit sources.list?

In the terminal, type:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

The whole file will be displayed in the terminal, with some menus shown 
at the bottom.

Add the line to the file on display:

deb http://azores.linex.org/gambas-other/ hardy main

ctrl+o to save, ctrl+x to exit.

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2. #  Update local packages database:

In the terminal, type:

apt-get update


3.  #  Install Gambas again via Synaptic Package Manager

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If there is anything wrong with the above, no doubt someone will shout. 
It worked for me.

Thanks again.

Best regards,

Bob Warren