Re: effect of checkinstall debs

On 03/15/2010 02:33 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
On 2010-03-15, Patton Echols <p.echols@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I wanted to experiment with darktable
(http://darktable.sourceforge.net/) The only .deb on the website is for
64bit. I was able to compile from the source after tracking down an
number of -dev libraries. I used checkinstall to create a deb and have
a working installation.

Here is the question:

If I provide that deb to other users, will dpkg resolve dependencies? I
assume the foo-dev libraries are only needed for compiling. But if dpkg
will not resolve conflicts, is there some way that I can find out the
dependencies so that users can know what they are?

Thanks,

--PE



Examine the .deb file using the command 'dpkg --info <filename>'. Is
the 'Depends' field completed correctly? If so, then higher level tools
such as apt-get and aptitude will be able to resolve dependencies when
you distribute the .deb file to others.


Hmmm, no that field is blank. Not sure how to figure out what the run
dependencies are vs the build dependencies. I guess I am correct in
assuming that the 'dev' files would only be needed to build. Is there a
standard way to specify run time dependencies? (So i would know where
to look in the source or some other file?)

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