From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jani Nikula Subject: Re: [IGT PATCH] README: list some of the dependencies Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:09:32 +0300 Message-ID: <87d2ne3opf.fsf@intel.com> References: <1381256346-16497-1-git-send-email-jani.nikula@intel.com> <20131008231120.GB27157@bwidawsk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9010E68CB for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2013 00:06:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20131008231120.GB27157@bwidawsk.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: Ben Widawsky Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org On Wed, 09 Oct 2013, Ben Widawsky wrote: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 09:19:06PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote: >> Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula >> --- >> README | 12 ++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/README b/README >> index 653bfcd..a04c987 100644 >> --- a/README >> +++ b/README >> @@ -96,3 +96,15 @@ debugger/ >> initiating connections with debug clients.. >> >> The debugger must be run as root: "sudo debugger/eudb" >> + >> +DEPENDENCIES >> + This is a non-exchaustive list of package dependencies required for >> + building everything: >> + >> + libpciaccess-dev >> + libdrm-dev >> + xutils-dev >> + libcairo2-dev >> + swig2.0 >> + libpython3.3-dev >> + x11proto-dri2-dev > > I guess my gripe with this kind of thing is people always tend you use > distro specific package names. Can we somehow prevent it though? Another problem is that it's bound to get stale. I just listed all the stuff I needed to install when I tried to build igt on a semi-fresh debian based installation. My gripe is having to run ./autogen.sh N times, trying to figure out which package would fix the errors each time. If only there was an option to list the dependencies! I'm fine with not merging this. If anyone has better ideas, patches welcome. ;) BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center