[Gambas-user] Issue 616 in gambas: Where do files get installed or downloaded to from software farm

[Tobias Boege]

On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, Beno?t Minisini wrote:
> Le 24/03/2015 15:56, Tobias Boege a ?crit :
> > On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, rolf wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>>    I am unable to find the installed or downloaded projects from the
> >>> software farm, unless they are examples.
> >>>
> >>>    WHERE ARE THE FILES DOWNLOADED OR INSTALLED TOO?
> >>
> >> The gods of Gambas decide to hide this for DEVELOPERS in directories
> >> below ".local" and they didn't make the path configurable!
> >>
> >
> > Mmm, I feel more like an overlord, not a god. *blushes*
> >
> > Attached is a patch which:
> >
> >   - adds a configuration item to the "Preferences" dialog where you can
> >     select the base directory for software from farms,
> >   - changes every (as far as I and grep know) code, which assumes the hard-
> >     coded path, to work with the configurable one,
> >   - apparently fixes a bug when an "example"-tagged project is downloaded
> >     or installed whose vendor is not "example" and there is no "example"
> >     vendor directory already. (I'll write another mail about that soon.)
> >
> > It applies to #6997 under app/src/gambas3/. I tested it a few times but
> > there is no warranty.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tobi
> >
> 
> At the moment, I am against configuring the installation directory, 
> because it is a standard freedesktop path, and because the farm is not 
> yet finished.
> 
> I don't know how I will manage dependencies between softwares and if 
> moving the installation directory could be a problem.
> 

I'm against, too. The patch is solely for Rolf.

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