[Gambas-user] getting Gambas version info across devices

[Bruce]

On 23/3/21 4:48 am, Bruce Steers wrote:
> Hi all , i have a query..
> 
> I have made a simple application I call whatGambasWhere that mounts all my
> hard drives, checks gbc3 exists in usr/bin/ and runs it with -V to get it's
> version.
> 
> If you look at the attached snapshot you can see it works for every system
> except Manjaro that has a library issue.
> 
> I tried using gbr3 and if i do ONLY the ubuntu disks work and i get library
> errors on most.
> 
> so is there possibly....
> A. Another/better way to get the installed gambas version from another
> file, maybe a text file?
> B. a way to get manjaro version to work okay ,, running gbc3 -V on the
> manjaro system works fine.
> C. no hope
> 
> Cheers in advance.
> BruceS
> 
> 
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Your application is possibly not a good idea as you are trying to run 
the various versions of gbc3 and gbx3 with the libraries on the local 
version. This may not work.

b