[Gambas-user] 2 questions about making an Installation Packet

[Christof Thalhofer]

Am 14.02.20 um 13:21 schrieb Benoît Minisini:

>> Wouldn't it be better to use "recommends" or even "suggests" in the
>> Debian control file instead of "depends"?

> I don't know, I'm not a Debian specialist.
> 
> But for me, by default, if you create a Gambas package, it depends on
> the Gambas version of your system (or any other version specified in the
> packager dialog).
> 
> Isn't it like a binary package of a perl program that depends on the
> perl interpreter package?

Yes you are right. It is so.

With "Depends:" apt cannot be hindered to install the Gambas runtime and
components at all.

But if the IDE would package with "Recommends:" instead of "Depends:"
one could install the package with:

apt-get --no-install-recommends install package-xyz.deb

And it would not install Gambas from the distribution. This is quite
handy if you have a self-compiled Gambas version on that computer.

With "Recommends:" apt installs the Gambas runtime and every component
needed by default if invoked with:

apt-get install package-xyz.deb

... which is the standard way to install Debian packages.

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But maybe I am the only one who wants to deploy a Gambas program as
Debian package without installing the distribution's Gambas at a special
machine at all. If that's the case, don't mind. I am packaging most of
my Gambas programs with Make.


Alles Gute

Christof Thalhofer

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