Re: [Visualpython-users] How VPython 6 differs from VPython 5

[C A. R. <an...@xt...>]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:15 PM, C Anthony Risinger <an...@xt...> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Paul Camp <PC...@sp...> wrote:
>> Apparently, that has to be built from source as 2.9.x is not in the
>> repositories. I can do that, but I get an error message that GStreamer is
>> not found. However, according to my package manager, GStreamer is installed
>> on the system.
>
> you probably just need the build deps, eg. header files and whatnot
> usually included in *-dev packages. try:
>
> apt-get build-dep <whatever-the-wx-widgets-package-is>
>
> ...that usually gets you 95% on the way, with the occasional rebuild
> of a specific dep (eg, you need a newer version of a dep than whats in
> the repos)

also, it's usually pretty simple IMO to pull down the src packages,
say for wx-widgets, and bump the versions, instead of installing right
from source.

i havent actually used debian/ubuntu regularly in quite some time, but i think:

apt-get source <package>

...was part of the process... debian has like fifty billion helper
commands; im pretty sure the whole rebuild process was only 3-5
commands.

-- 

C Anthony