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Re: Mint Linux requirements [message #49250 is a reply to message #49248]

Wed, 10 January 2018 21:21

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Hi Klugier!

It looks like the official list is similar to the one I have determined experimentally.

So great job on that, having it included in the package.

But how was I supposed to know about buildrequires.debian? Is it a standardized convention? So probably the scripts are good and don't need to be updated, but instead clear documentation in a readily observable place is the solution?

The doMake script already does some checks but it is not that clear on what is missing and scrolls away too fast. So maybe the script should ask you if you want to run buildrequires.debian? And I know that these are not "standard" auto-tools scripts, but maybe they should be renamed as such?

Who knows about calling buildrequires.debian? On the other hand, even a lot of novices know about ./configure. And make. And make install. It maybe just a question of renaming files to be instantly recognizable? Because the scripts clearly work. After installing those pieces of software manually the whole process ran perfectly, from building to installing. Well, TheIDE setup defaulted to "manual configuration", which I'm not sure is ideal. But otherwise worked perfectly.

Just an idea. Now that I know about those scripts, installing a second time should be much easier.

Thank you!

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