Dependencies question

thep0et · 10-09-2007, 01:27 AM

So i am trying to compile inkscape but it needs like 4 different dependencies. How do you guys usually handle dependencies? Do you download them from their respective site or do you use some repository i don't know about or what?

dafunks · 10-09-2007, 01:48 AM

Normally I google the name of the dependency it requires. Normally it will be a file within a package. I find out the package name, download from a trusted site and install / compile from source. I've nearly always done that, even when on RPM based systems.

I am sure other Slackers have different ways they will tell you about, but thats mine

AceofSpades19 · 10-09-2007, 02:13 AM

I do the same as you dafunks,A good place to look for the dependencies is linuxpackages.net

adriv · 10-09-2007, 03:02 AM

My first stop is usually SlackBuilds.org, where you can also find Inkscape and all dependencies.

thep0et · 10-09-2007, 03:31 AM

i got inkscape at slackbuilds but it gives me this error

Code:

configure: error: libgc (the Boehm Conservative Collector)
 6.4+, is needed to compile inkscape -- http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc

so i guess i have to install gc 6.8 from slackbuilds

piete · 10-09-2007, 03:44 AM

If you look at what the slackbuild is, you'll see that while slackbuilds.org *contains* all the Inkscape deps, the inkscape.Slackbuild doesn't solve the deps for you.

libgc, or as it's called on slackbuilds, gc, is here: http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12.0/development/gc/

And so you can download and build and each time discover you need another dep before continuing. Or, just read the dep list on slackbuilds.org:

Quote:

Inkscape requires libsigc++, glibmm, gtkmm (which requires cairomm), and gc

In direct response to the OP, a combination of src2pkg and slackbuilds, same way as I deal with any other install.

- Piete.

thep0et · 10-09-2007, 05:35 AM

thanx i figured it out