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Fred wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 6:33 pm Why do you need another source for the libgtk on Ubuntu 24.04 ? If you use the package for 24.04 it should use the correct lib.

HeX0R wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:51 pm When he then started blaming PB for his own stupidity, I switched off the video.

TI-994A wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:06 am ...Hard to fathom such people could maintain a fan base.

HeX0R wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:51 pm ... the guys in the chat told him since the beginning, that he is using the 32bit version of PB for his x64 linux, which he completely ignored until he finally recognized it.
When he then started blaming PB for his own stupidity, I switched off the video.

TI-994A wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:06 am ...because of his own unprepared ignorance.

TI-994A wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:06 am Exactly. Very distasteful, with such blatant profanities.

Fred wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2024 2:56 pm I updated the linux package to work as expected out of the box. Can some of you test the demos on a linux box while launching the IDE trough launch.sh ?

Fred wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2024 2:56 pm I updated the linux package to work as expected out of the box. Can some of you test the demos on a linux box while launching the IDE trough launch.sh ?

# 2024-09-17 Get path of this script, via https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4774054/reliable-way-for-a-bash-script-to-get-the-full-path-to-itself
SCRIPT=$(realpath "$0")
SCRIPT_PATH=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")

# 2024-09-17 Set env vars, via https://github.com/fantaisie-software/purebasic/blob/devel/BuildEnv.sh
export PUREBASIC_HOME=$SCRIPT_PATH
export PATH="$PUREBASIC_HOME/compilers:$PUREBASIC_HOME:$PATH"

# Original launch.sh line
./compilers/purebasic

chi wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:15 pm Maybe silly question, but why isn't there a shell script that automatically downloads and installs all the required packages?

chi wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:15 pm I tested 'PureBasic free for Linux Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04 (x64)' on Ubuntu-22.04.3 and Debian-12.7.0. Had to install build-essential gcc g++, dev libraries + for games to be able to run 3d examples and gadget.pb. Seems good!

Maybe silly question, but why isn't there a shell script that automatically downloads and installs all the required packages?

Fred wrote: Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:50 am There is the apt-get commands in the INSTALL file for your distro, dunno if it worth to do it automatically. May be a setup.sh file which handle all this ?

#!/bin/bash

install_packages(){

	PACKAGE_LIST=(
		"build-essential" "gcc" "g++" 
		"libxxf86vm-dev" "libxine2-dev" "unixodbc-dev" "libsdl1.2-dev" "libsdl2-dev" "libssl-dev" "libvlc-dev" "libgtk2.0-dev" "libgtk-3-dev"
	#	"libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev"
		"libgl1-mesa-dev" "libgl1-mesa-glx"
	)

	for PACKAGE in "${PACKAGE_LIST[@]}"; do
		if ! dpkg -l | grep -q "$PACKAGE"; then
			echo "Installing: $PACKAGE"
			sudo apt update
			sudo apt install -y "$PACKAGE"
		else
			echo "Installed: $PACKAGE"
		fi
	done
	
}

install_packages