Peter Flynn ha scritto il 18/04/2018 alle 21:58: > 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
On debian buster (testing) there is no package named ninja, you should remove it from the apt command line. Meson should carry out ninja-build automatically as it's one of its dependencies. >> 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 > -- Massimo Maiurana Ragusa (RG) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
