[GNC-dev] Dependencies on Launchpad

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 5/26/19 3:24 PM, Dale Phurrough wrote:
> Gnucash 3.5 builds clean on Ubuntu 14.04 aka Trusty with the list of
> packages in the Dockerfile at 
> https://github.com/diablodale/gnucash-dev-docker/blob/master/debian.dockerfile
>
> You can see in it there are some logic tests to see what
> platform/packages are available in the repos.
> Currently I use the suggestion from the core devs to pull all the
> build dependencies for gnucash 2.x (build-dep -qq gnucash). I'll
> change that later to be more specific as I have done already with the
> CentOS and upcoming openSUSE Dockerfile.
> You can use the Dockerfile along with your own research to get the
> needed packages.
> Gtest and gmock are not available for Trusty. You will need to build
> that yourself. The core devs write about this and you can see in the
> Dockerfile that 1.8.0 is downloaded and later compiled by c/make.
>
> If you have a specific list of packages, I would be interested to help
> resolve them because I'll need to do that myself when I replace the
> build-dep approach.
>
> --Dale
>

My problem is figuring out what to tell Launchpad so it will build from
source for Trusty.

The debian/control file wants debhelper >= 11.  It looks like 9.2 is
available for Trusty do I'll try to downgrade that to >= 9.

googletest isn't available for Trusty.  Somehow I'll need to get that
into my PPA first and have it built for Trusty there.

Ditto for locales-all.  Haven't found that one yet.

Also need ibgwengui-gtk3-dev and libwebkit2tk-4.0-dev

So, if I can figure out those five packages for Trusty, then we'll take
another crack at building for the PPA.

I can build on my own box just fine.  Teaching the PPA up on Launchpad
is another story!


--Steve

> On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 11:51 PM Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net
> <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net>> wrote:
>
>     I received this response from the folks on Launchpad:
>
>     You tried building the packages for Ubuntu trusty, but several
>     dependencies (at least debhelper (>= 11~), googletest, locales-all) do
>     not exist in the standard repositories or trusty.
>
>     If you really want to build these packages for trusty, then you first
>     have to find a solution for these dependent packages in trusty (either
>     in an existing PPA, or by backporting theses packages to trusty in
>     your
>     own PPA). Otherwise it is not possible to build that gnucash
>     package for
>     trusty.
>
>     ---------------------
>
>     What suggestions do the devs have?  What is the earliest Ubuntu
>     that has these in the standard repository or should I investigate
>     adding them to my PPA (and then I'll have to figure out how to do
>     that)?
>
>     --Steve
>
>
>     On 5/23/19 2:41 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
>     > I've made it to the point of uploading source to Launchpad to
>     build a
>     > ppa.  However, Launchpad reported these dependency issues:
>     >
>     >
>     +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>     > | Install gnucash build dependencies (apt-based resolver)       
>                   |
>     >
>     +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>     >
>     > Installing build dependencies
>     > Reading package lists...
>     > Building dependency tree...
>     > Reading state information...
>     > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
>     > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
>     > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
>     > or been moved out of Incoming.
>     > The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>     >
>     > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>     >  sbuild-build-depends-gnucash-dummy : Depends: debhelper (>=
>     11~) but 9.20131227ubuntu1 is to be installed
>     >                                       Depends: googletest but it
>     is not installable
>     >                                       Depends:
>     libgwengui-gtk3-dev but it is not installable
>     >                                       Depends:
>     libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev but it is not installable
>     >                                       Depends: locales-all but
>     it is not installable
>     > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>     >
>     > Builds fine on my local box.
>     > --Steve
>     >
>
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