[Gambas-user] How to make installation package

[Fernando Cabral]

I'd like to make an installation package to install a gambas program on a
machine that does not have gambas. I tried doing it clicking on
Project -> Make -> Installation package.
After presenting some questions, it runs and creates 22 files (regular,
.gz, dsc and deb files). Four of them a *.deb files. Now, here are the
issues:

1) They are all small files, so, for sure, they do not contain the
interpreter
2) trying to install the deb files results in nothing (no error message,
but nothing happens)

Is there a wiki page where I can get better information on how to do this?
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Post by Fernando Cabral
I'd like to make an installation package to install a gambas program on a
machine that does not have gambas. I tried doing it clicking on
Project -> Make -> Installation package.
After presenting some questions, it runs and creates 22 files (regular,
.gz, dsc and deb files). Four of them a *.deb files. Now, here are the
1) They are all small files, so, for sure, they do not contain the
interpreter
2) trying to install the deb files results in nothing (no error message,
but nothing happens)

The target system where you want to install the gambas application on
has to have the link to the gambas repository.
Seems you are on Debian/Ubuntu.

For Ubuntu open terminal on target system and do:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gambas-team/gambas3
sudo apt-get update


Next you can install your gambas application, it will pull in all
dependencies (like interpreter) and install them.
It will only install those parts of Gambas the application needs to run
properly.


Above is for Gambas stable 3.9.2, if you developed your application in
trunk you will need to add trunk repo to target system instead of stable
repo.

Hope this explains all.

gbWilly

[Fernando Cabral]

2017-07-07 10:15 GMT-03:00 <***@openmailbox.org>: wrote

The target system where you want to install the gambas application on has

Post by Fernando Cabral

Post by g***@openmailbox.org
to have the link to the gambas repository.
Seems you are on Debian/Ubuntu.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gambas-team/gambas3
sudo apt-get update
Next you can install your gambas application, it will pull in all
dependencies (like interpreter) and install them.
It will only install those parts of Gambas the application needs to run
properly.
Above is for Gambas stable 3.9.2, if you developed your application in
trunk you will need to add trunk repo to target system instead of stable
repo.
Hope this explains all.

Willy, it does explain. Just to be on the safe side:
a) It means Gambas iteself is not installed when we run the package
installer, right?
b) What do the *.deb files do? Just copy the sorce code and the bytecode to
the new system?

Thank you.

- fernando

Post by Fernando Cabral
I'd like to make an installation package to install a gambas program on a
machine that does not have gambas. I tried doing it clicking on
Project -> Make -> Installation package.
After presenting some questions, it runs and creates 22 files (regular,
.gz, dsc and deb files). Four of them a *.deb files. Now, here are the
1) They are all small files, so, for sure, they do not contain the
interpreter
2) trying to install the deb files results in nothing (no error message,
but nothing happens)

The target system where you want to install the gambas application on has
to have the link to the gambas repository.
Seems you are on Debian/Ubuntu.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gambas-team/gambas3
sudo apt-get update
Next you can install your gambas application, it will pull in all
dependencies (like interpreter) and install them.
It will only install those parts of Gambas the application needs to run
properly.
Above is for Gambas stable 3.9.2, if you developed your application in
trunk you will need to add trunk repo to target system instead of stable
repo.
Hope this explains all.
gbWilly
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Post by Fernando Cabral
The target system where you want to install the gambas application on has

Post by g***@openmailbox.org
to have the link to the gambas repository.
Seems you are on Debian/Ubuntu.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gambas-team/gambas3
sudo apt-get update
Next you can install your gambas application, it will pull in all
dependencies (like interpreter) and install them.
It will only install those parts of Gambas the application needs to run
properly.
Above is for Gambas stable 3.9.2, if you developed your application in
trunk you will need to add trunk repo to target system instead of stable
repo.
Hope this explains all.

Hi Fernando,

Post by Fernando Cabral
a) It means Gambas iteself is not installed when we run the package
installer, right?

It does NOT install Gambas IDE, only those parts needed to run your
Gambas application (so interpreter, components used etc.)

Post by Fernando Cabral
b) What do the *.deb files do? Just copy the sorce code and the bytecode to
the new system?

They are the debian installer files.
They do all kinds of things like put your executable at proper location,
pull in the needed dependencies (like interpreter, components used by
your application...), make desktop menu entry, take care of application
icon and all more that is needed to make your application work properly
on the system it is installed too.

Debain determines how these files are build. They have policies (see:
https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging)

Hope this clarifies things for you.

gbWilly