On 18/04/18 20:32, Peter Flynn wrote: > On 18/04/18 09:56, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: >> On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:11:33 +0100 Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> said: >>> I know meson is terribly fashionable these days, but I have tried >>> to get it to work on at least five Linux distros and it's never >>> worked properly -- always been missing some unfindable component. >> >> ummm maybe its just the distros you tried that don't stay up to date >> that easily? > > Is Meson that neglected in some places? I had sort of assumed it would > be under heavy support as it's become so popular. > > So far I have tried Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS, Bodhi, and raw Debian.
Just tried Mint: > pentacle ~ # apt install git autoconf automake autopoint libtool gettext > meson ninja > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > autoconf is already the newest version (2.69-9). > automake is already the newest version (1:1.15-4ubuntu1). > autopoint is already the newest version (0.19.7-2ubuntu3). > gettext is already the newest version (0.19.7-2ubuntu3). > libtool is already the newest version (2.4.6-0.1). > git is already the newest version (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.3). > 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: > meson : Depends: ninja-build (>= 1.6) but it is not going to be installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > pentacle ~ # Unfortunately, apt doesn't say *why* it won't install ninja-build, so I have no way of knowing how the problem can be fixed. ///Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
