dependency check of .deb not working on fresh install of 3.1.10

[ga77a]

hi everyone
just installed 3.1.10 and dependency checking of .deb user installed packages is not working! this has been a problem for me since easy-3.0. is anyone else having this issue or is it just me ?

[BarryK]

You have to expect potential trouble if install a foreign package.

In your case, a library is missing.

Library version mismatch is the most common problem. If you look in /lib, you will see that Easy has libncursesw.so.5

You could try creating a symlink, but I don't recommend it, especially as htop is expecting a later version of ncurses.

You could search for an older htop deb, that only requires ncurses v5. packages.debian.org is a good place to look.

Best not to install foreign packages.

[williwaw]

You have to expect potential trouble if install a foreign package............
Best not to install foreign packages.

Barry,
does devx.sfs have all thats needed for compiling apps?
What is the need/purpose for http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/project/oe/dunfell/ ?

[BarryK]

You have to expect potential trouble if install a foreign package............
Best not to install foreign packages.

Barry,
does devx.sfs have all thats needed for compiling apps?
What is the need/purpose for http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/project/oe/dunfell/ ?

Yes, the devx SFS has everything needed to compile apps.

OpenEmbedded is a cross-compiler build environment. It is used to compile all of the binary packages that were imported into woofQ, hence to build EasyOS. OE has created both x86_64 and aarch64 binary packages.

OE could also be used to compile an app, but that is the hard way of doing it. You would have to run it and compile all of the packages, about 845 packages, which will take approximately 12 hours, and then extra packages could be compiled. However, as it is a cross-compile environment, special build recipes have to be created, unless a recipe already exists for the app you want to compile. OE has a steep learning curve.

The devx sfs is just like the devx in any other pup, has everything you need. The latest addition is that it has 'cmake', however I am not sure if that works, might need fixing, haven't tested it yet.

[ga77a]

thank you both for the replies.
i did spend some time installing the lib's for a few packages.
i'm also having trouble installing slimjet !! it will not run without the crashpad_handler.

gaz