Resolving .deb dependencies

[LinksysRouter]

There is the occasional program I would like to put in that isn't in the slackware repositories (like http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab/ for example). Unfortunately, the package requires a heck of a lot of gtk and gnome dependencies, and I don't know what to package with it to get it to work.

Is there a way to automatically resolve dependencies when retrieving the package for porteus, or failing that, a way to download the deb including *all* dependencies (not just the dependencies for the debian distribution I am downloading them from)?

Or failing that, someone have a baobab xzm already made? Though I'd prefer to know how to for future reference.

[Seva]

if i understand correctly, porteus is intended to work with software in form of xzm modules, no other formats are suitable

[LinksysRouter]

if i understand correctly, porteus is intended to work with software in form of xzm modules, no other formats are suitable

It's possible to convert a .deb to a .xzm and have it work correctly (in fact I have done that with gddrescue 1.19 since the newest version isn't in slackware yet).

The problem with this method is that it doesn't take any dependency handling into account. If you convert a .deb to a module, it doesn't check for dependencies, list them or resolve them (where a .deb would do that in a native debian environment).

So if you have a .deb of the program you want *and* .debs of every dependency it needs that is missing from porteus, you can potentially make it work. The issue is that there isn't any easy way to compare your porteus build to the .deb you are trying to convert and find out what packages you need to get. I am hoping someone knows how to do this.

[Bogomips]

The problem with this method is that it doesn't take any dependency handling into account. If you convert a .deb to a module, it doesn't check for dependencies, list them or resolve them (where a .deb would do that in a native debian environment).

So if you have a .deb of the program you want *and* .debs of every dependency it needs that is missing from porteus, you can potentially make it work.

If you are adept enough: Resolving Non-Slackware Dependencies

[LinksysRouter]

The problem with this method is that it doesn't take any dependency handling into account. If you convert a .deb to a module, it doesn't check for dependencies, list them or resolve them (where a .deb would do that in a native debian environment).

So if you have a .deb of the program you want *and* .debs of every dependency it needs that is missing from porteus, you can potentially make it work.

If you are adept enough: Resolving Non-Slackware Dependencies

That's pretty much exactly what I want to do, actually being able to do it... we'll see. I've kermudgeoned harder things when hitting my Ballmer Peak.

[neko]

The following procedure is how to get 'baobad' with dependencies by spmDebian tool.

1. get 'baobab' by 'spmDebian'.
(1) select 'Debian7.8' (that library version is almost match with ones of 'Porteus 3.1')
(2) search package name 'baobab'
(3) download on auto mode
(4) you could get 'baobab/baobab_3.4.1-1_i386.xzm' and 'baobab/lib4baobab_3.4.1-1_i386.xzm'

2. activate
the library for 'baobad' (lib4baobab_3.4.1-1_i386.xzm)
and
the 'baobad' (baobab_3.4.1-1_i386.xzm)

3. execute 'baobad' from terminal
[result]
(baobab-bin:18941): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' is not installed

/usr/bin/baobab: 69 行: 18941 Trace/breakpoint trap $P/$CMD-bin $@

4. check on network by google search *)
"baobab package missing gsettings-desktop-schemas dependency"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1294804

[answere]
The output logged in the original report is conclusive.
Install baobab and get errors.
Install gsettings-desktop-schemas and baobab runs.

5. get 'gsettings-desktop-schemas' by spmDebian tool.
you could get 'gsettings-desktop-schemas_3.4.2-3_all.xzm'

6. activate
'gsettings-desktop-schemas_3.4.2-3_all.xzm'

7. execute 'baobad' from GUI menu

*)note
this step may be skipped.

'spmDebian' tool:
please refer
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php? ... =30#p31070


Thanks.

[LinksysRouter]

Looks like it worked!



Cool, the debian spm worked great. That'll be useful if/when I encounter this problem in the future. Cheers.