hi! the problem here its that the winbuntu ppa's are incompatible with current releases of Debian..
so then i setup a suse build service with proper packages.. wheantime a gambas 3.10 are in venenux repositories.. : http://intranet1.net.ve/debian/venenux/mskcommon/devel/gambas310/ of course: no gtk3, no qt5 and no media components Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO) http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com 2017-09-02 13:32 GMT-04:00 Tobias Boege <tabo...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, 02 Sep 2017, mikeB wrote: > > ************************************************************ > ******************************* > > > > Just to clarify a few questions that were presented in your MUCH > APPRECIATED > > answers: > > > > * when try to install the deb file on a virgin Mint 8.1 puter = the > > installer starts its "thing" > > > > then returns an error message saying > > > > "ERROR: Dependency is not satisfied: gambas3-runtime(>=3.10). > > > > > > After more research found a cmd line that says will update the runtime > files > > > > (which would be GREAT if it actually worked ;-( as expected by a very new > > Linux user. > > > > "sudo apt-get install gambas3-runtime" > > > > the terminal return = > > > > mikeb@mikeb-System ~ $ sudo apt-get install gambas3-runtime > > [sudo] password for mikeb: > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > gambas3-runtime is already the newest version (3.8.4-2ubuntu3.1). > > gambas3-runtime set to manually installed. > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 325 not upgraded. > > mikeb@mikeb-System ~ $ > > > > Notice that it says "newest version 3.8.4-2 when at the same time > > > > the installer error reports needs " gambas3-runtime(.=3.10)" > > > > yep.. very confusing for me anyway. > > > > Don't be confused, it tells you exactly what the problem is. > > You wrote a Gambas program with Gambas 3.10. If you generate an > installation > package of your program, the packager will enter the Gambas runtime and all > the components your project uses as dependencies into the package, so that > the package manager (apt-get in your case) can automatically install all > the > missing packages on the target system, to make sure your program will have > all the bits available to function correctly. > > Since you used Gambas 3.10 to package your program, the dependencies of the > runtime and components will be >= 3.10, because the current version is the > lowest version that the Gambas IDE can assume your project works with. > > Now, as is often the case, your distribution doesn't have the latest > version > of Gambas in its repository. It only has access to 3.8.4, as it tells you, > so the version requirement of >= 3.10 is unsatisfiable and you cannot > install > your program. > > Just releasing Gambas 3.10 on our site doesn't magically make it available > in every distribution's package repository. That requires people putting in > some work to integrate the new Gambas version and it may just be that those > people are lacking for a specific distribution or that distributions have > more conservative policies of when to upgrade their software repositories. > > In the case of Linux Mint, or any Ubuntu-based distribution, you can > install > very recent Gambas versions through the PPA maintained by Sebastian Kulesz. > See the wiki [1] for how to do that. Essentially you have to add another > software repository (called a PPA)to your system: > > $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gambas-team/gambas3 > $ sudo apt-get update > > and once you did that, apt-get will find the newer Gambas versions. > Your deb should install now. > > NOTE however that I'm not a Linux Mint or Ubuntu user. I just copied > these commands from the wiki page linked in [1], for completeness' sake. > I can only say that those lines don't seem horribly wrong to me. > > Regards, > Tobi > > [1] http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/install/linux_mint > > -- > "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user