[Gambas-user] Installer questions: How to package up new components?

[willy at ...3474...]

On 2016-11-04 11:52, Piper984 wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I would like to deploy an application I've written to a few Ubuntu 
> 16.04
> machines, but the Project->Make->Installation package utility isn't
> functioning the way I'd expect, so would like to get advice on best 
> method
> to deploy.
> 
> I am using a few of the gb. components, including a new version of the
> gb.media component.  When I run through the Installation package 
> wizard,
> selecting Ubuntu, I do get .deb files.  They don't seem very large, 
> FYI.
> When I take the largest deb file (marked with an 'all' label) to a new 
> box
> that doesn't have Gambas installed I get a number of error messages 
> like
> 'package gambas3-gb-media' not installed.  I assumed that the 
> Installation
> Package wizard would supply those in the .deb file.  I don't want to 
> apt-get
> install gambas3 or gambas3-gb-runtime as I need the component version 
> from
> the current development release of Gambas.
> 
> Is there a method someone could recommend to me for packing up and 
> deploying
> my application with the version of the components I used for 
> developing?
> 
> Thanks!
> 


It should be simple, since you are making Ubuntu packages.
At the target system add the Gambas3 Daily build PPA as follows:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gambas-team/gambas-daily
sudo apt-get update

The PPA has a daily build of the trunk version, so includes the newer 
versions yo used when making teh package.

Next install the package you made on the target system and it should 
install all Gambas3 parts that your application require.

Hope this helps,

gbWilly