[Users] Build dependencies

Andrej Kacian ticho at claws-mail.org
Wed Dec 4 22:43:30 CET 2019


On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 22:15:07 +0100
John Crisp wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 17:36:39 +0000
> Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > There is no list mostly because every Linux distribution (not to
> > > mention different Unixes) has these dependencies packaged
> > > differently, with different package names or structure.    
> > 
> > But having said that, it does seem that build instructions for at
> > least one build environment (and perhaps more!) might be useful as a
> > starting point for others. Maybe the best place is the FAQ, since it
> > is a mediawiki wiki. I've no idea how to gain edit ability.
> > 
> > Or maybe I've missed something somewhere ...  
> 
> 
> What I was thinking.
> 
> At least Debian/*buntu and RHEL/CentOS I guess.
> 
> I'm happy to write up my findings - they need some refinement but there
> is a start.

Is it necessary to have anything more on such page than a simple
collection of links to the major distributions' packaging scripts? For
Debian, it could be this:
https://sources.debian.org/src/claws-mail/3.17.4-2/debian/control/

Regards,
-- 
Andrej
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