[Gambas-user] gambas3 library pathes

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 21/04/2012 06:36, Willy Raets a écrit :
> On vr, 2012-04-20 at 19:32 -0700, John Spikowski wrote:
>> On Sat, 2012-04-21 at 04:17 +0200, Willy Raets wrote:
>>
>>> I couldn't and still can't find documentation on how to use and
>>> distribute a library written in Gambas.
>>>
>>> Willy
>>
>> It would be great if Gambas developed applications could be made
>> available without the user of the application having to become a Gambas
>> expert.
>>
> That is exactly the trouble.
>
> I would like to distribute a Gambas3 application to end users. The
> application uses a library built in Gambas3.
>
> How do I package so all works for the end user upon install.
> I have tried all kinds of ways, looked all over the net and came up with
> nothing. I've been on this for months now starting of with a component
> later trying it as a library :-(
>
> Having a library works great for me as a developer, no problem. But that
> is where it ends on my PC and not where I want it on the end user PC,
> who has no IDE and is no developer.
>
> Even when I put the gambas executable being the library in /usr/bin.
> When I package an application that uses this library (with this path)
> that runs fine in debug run, and install it on the same system it won't
> install because it can't find the depended library!!(excuse me but that
> library is right there in the /usr/bin and never moved at all!!)
>
> Tried it as a component and installing the component on the system for
> development gives no problem. Using it on the development system in
> applications I develop, no sweat. But then try distributing the
> application using the component. Another hell I haven't managed to get
> through.
>
> Packaging the component, installing it on the target PC and then
> installing the application that requires the component always end up the
> installation not being able to install because the required component
> (that is already installed on the system) can't be found !!!
>
> Dependencies...dependencies...all installed on the system but never to
> be found by the installation mechanism somehow or I am completely
> misunderstanding the whole mechanism because of a lack of descent
> documentation on the matter. A simple 'how to' with some general steps
> would probably do the trick...
>
>

Hi,

I wrote a little page about libraries on the wiki to explain how to use 
them.

But I don't understand why it does not work for you. Libraries are 
really searched in:

1) The directory that contains the current project executable.
2) /usr/bin
3) /bin

So if you install your library in /usr/bin like any other executable, 
every project should be able to find and use it.

I will check that as soon as possible anyway. But if you can give me 
more details and/or some projects that will reproduce your problem on my 
machine, you are welcome!

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini