[Fink-devel] OT (sort of): Help with a binary requiring a library

[Jared]

Hi. I've recently asked a lot of questions relating to my fink package I made. I'm still planning to maintain this package. However, I'd also like to distribute this package in an easier to use manner, namely a .pkg so users can install by double-clicking.

I successfully made the .pkg and it installs just fine. It does everything I need it to do. I've run into a problem, though. It depends on a certain library, specifically libxml2. When I was testing my installer, I was excited that it was working as I wanted (my first .pkg). Then, I told my roommate and he asked the fatal question, "What does it need installed first?" Then I realized it needed libxml2. Sure enough, when I went to try it on a computer without fink or libxml2 installed, the program failed, looking for libxml2 in the /sw directory. This binary relies specifically on the fink version of libxml2.

Well, my story does have a point. I want to know if it's possible for me to also install libxml2 along with this program, or if there is already a double-clickable libxml2, that I can combine with this into a .mpkg, or if there's some other method for me to make this work. I don't want to require the user to have fink installed and install libxml2. If that's the scenario, I should just wait until my package is in stable and the user can install it from there. I really want to make this available to everyone, even those who don't know anything about the command line. I think many people will like it but few will want to install fink just for it.

Thanks for your input. Specifically, I would love if Max Horn would give input, as he's the maintainer of libxml2.

Thanks all. Sorry for the fairly OT message.

-Jared




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