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

[Lewis Balentine]

Perhaps an alternative suggestion (compromise):

An application written in Gambas to manage Gambas project/example files.
I am thinking something with two windows: Source and Target
The app would dynamically build the path to the hiddden source directories.
The user could pick the target directories
.... of course one would be free to add "enhancements" to that scheme. ;-)

Cheers,

Lewis

On 03/24/2015 10:10 AM, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> Le 24/03/2015 15:56, Tobias Boege a écrit :
>> 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.
>
> Regards,
>