Hi, On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 10:43 AM 'J S' via vim_use <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not trying to be difficult or insulting or anything like that, but so it > boils down to, no, there is no easy way to do it. > You (i.e., me) just have to figure it out. By the way, my system doesn't > have "build-dep". It says no such package. > > Right? > > Again, it would be so much better if it would just fail if it isn't going to > work. >
If you pass the "--enable-fail-if-missing" argument to configure, then it will fail if the dependencies are not found. - Yegappan > > Also, and BTW, I can't login to Google, so I can't respond to this thread the > normal way. So, I just have to kludge it via email. Sorry about that. > > > Gary Johnson wrote the following: > unread, > 1:11 PM (26 minutes ago) > > > > to [email protected] > On 2022-08-10, 'J S' via vim_use wrote: > > > 1) Can someone give me a good list of all the dependencies and packages > > that I > > need to install on my Ubuntu 18.04 (Yes, I know that is old, but that also > > cannot be changed) system so that I can build a GTK3 version of Vim9? (N.B. > > This is the most important paragraph of this post; everything else is just > > information!) > > 1. Find the Ubuntu package that includes the features you want in > Vim. > > $ apt list | grep ^vim > > In your case, that would be vim-gtk3 > > 2. Do one of the following. > > a) Have apt install dependencies automatically. > > $ sudo apt build-dep vim-gtk3 > > ----> Shouldn't that be "sudo apt install ..." ? > > b) View the dependencies and install the ones you want or need > manually. > > $ apt show vim-gtk3 | grep ^Depends > > For each <package> to be installed, run > > $ sudo apt install <package> > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAAW7x7%3D%3DF9PsXoFSfWm3k2xqiy4PD%2Bo1YYOSV3bnvUBxmW%3DLKA%40mail.gmail.com.
