[Gambas-user] Runtime 10 files

[PICCORO McKAY Lenz]

great! that script maybe must be also introduced into the packager wizard
in the gambas ide..  for checks on each instalation in the case ot tar.gz
packagin of the ide options when generate

Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com

2017-12-19 3:45 GMT-04:00 Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-sse at osnanet.de>:

> Am 18.12.2017 06:41, schrieb T Lee Davidson:
>
>> On 12/17/2017 07:46 PM, mikeB wrote:
>>
>>> *********************************************************************
>>> This software was programmed using "Gambas3  v3.10.0"
>>> VERY IMPORTANT: before installing this app you will need to have/
>>> install Gambas Runtime v10 files - most systems will not have
>>> these very new files installed yet. You'll only need to do this once!
>>>
>>> Do so via the terminal commands:
>>>
>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gambas-team/gambas3
>>> sudo apt-get update
>>> gbx3 -e 'Comp(System.FullVersion, "3.10", gb.Natural) >= 0'
>>>
>>> note: if return value of this last command is "TRUE" then that means
>>> you're ready to go (have the v10 Runtime files installed).
>>>
>>> OTHERWISE IT WILL RETURN
>>>
>>> "The program 'gbx3' is currently not installed. You can install it by
>>> typing:
>>> sudo apt install gambas3-runtime
>>>
>>> Doing so installs the Gambas v10 Runtime files then you're all set.
>>> **********************************************************************
>>>
>>
>>
>> You might be able to simplify your instructions if Aptitude (apt-get)
>> works similar to YaST. There is an 'aptitude' executable
>> installed on my openSUSE system which seems to redirect to YaST.
>>
>> `sudo apt-get install gambas3-runtime` produces:
>> **********
>> Loading repository data...
>> Reading installed packages...
>> 'gambas3-runtime' is already installed.
>> No update candidate for 'gambas3-runtime-3.10.0-20.1.x86_64'. The
>> highest available version is already installed.
>> Resolving package dependencies...
>>
>> Nothing to do.
>> **********
>>
>> If the package is already installed, it looks for an available update.
>> So, you may be able to replace:
>> gbx3 -e 'Comp(System.FullVersion, "3.10", gb.Natural) >= 0'
>> with:
>> sudo apt-get install gambas3-runtime
>>
>> let it automatically search for any available upgrade package, and
>> eliminate about 8 lines from your instructions.
>>
>> That is, if Aptitude works like YaST.
>>
>>
>>
> I have been thinking about this yesterday, and came to the conclusion that
> I would program a script or something around a script which does the job
> just like you proposed.
>
> The script would
>
> 1) Find out which Gambas version is on the machine
> 1a) Find out if Gambas-runtime-only or complete on the machine
> 2) Find out which install system (deb or rpm / apt or zypper)
> 3) Install latest Gambas runtime or complete from the repos, if necessary
> 4) Install included version of your program
>
> There are a lot of clever scripts which do one or more of these jobs for
> other programs, so it should be easy to study and rewrite those to create a
> special Gambas+YourProgram script. One might use a common graphical tool to
> wrap the script and handle root password etc.
>
> But the best of it would be, we might be able to include it as a template
> into Gambas, offering the programmer to distribute the application via such
> a thing. I am sure, many of the folks here would help to make it run on
> every major distro.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Regards
> Rolf
>
>
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