On 09/23/2015 04:09 PM, Bill Somerville wrote: Hi Bill,
>> In my opinion, if there are missing packages in source code, you cannot >> compile. If there are missing packages in compiled library form, you >> cannot start the program. It is necessary to have all the needed >> packages, but more packages are not necessary here. > That is not quite correct, the Qt run time plugins are optional and the > program can start without some of them. For example the package: > > libqt5multimedia5-plugins > > is not required for build the application and the application will start > without it. The audio devices will not be available so WSJT-X cannot > operate without it so it is essential for normal operation and must be > installed. Thank you for this additional information. Just an idea: What do you think about a test at the program start, after verifying that all needed packages and plugins are available ? In fact, if the user does only want to replay stored wav files, the access to the sound card will not be needed. Perhaps, just a warning at the start ? Best 88 de Claude ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one place. SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
