First you've got to find out the dependencies of your program. I have tested this with two simple programs.
The first one is a simple console application:
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; program first
OpenConsole()
PrintN("Just a Test!")
CloseConsole()
End
Whe you compile this to an executable (don't forget to put executable format to 'Console' in the compiler options) you'll get a very small binary:
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 bembulak bembulak 5440 2009-05-17 22:26 console_simple
Actually it's only 5,3 kib!
Next thing is to get the dependencies:
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ldd console_simple
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb80bd000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7f49000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb80be000)
(Note: I've compiled a basic "Hello World!"-programm with GCC 4.3.3 and it has completely the same dependencies, but is BIGGER --> 7,4 kiB! Therefore we know that PB does not load or link any unneeded stuff and Fred & freak do a great job!)
Building a package of this should be an easy task. I guess this will run on any common Linux system - you won't need to build a package.
Now, let's see, if we can build something more spectacular:
I've done same as above with the "GadgetAdvanced"-Demo. Take a look at it from bash shows the following:
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 bembulak bembulak 72444 2009-05-17 22:28 GadgetAdvanced
Filesize 70,7 kib.
Basically it's to say, that a common PB programm with GUI has the following dependencies:
GTK2.
If you have this dependency solved on your system, you can be sure, the sub-dependencies to libs, that GTK may have, are solved as well.
For example, calling ldd on our demo gives us:
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ldd GadgetAdvanced
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f42000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7b80000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7af3000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb7ad7000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb7aae000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb7a94000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7a6e000)
libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xb7a62000)
libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0xb79f3000)
libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb7979000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb7936000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb78bf000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb7892000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb7853000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb784e000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb7796000)
libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xb7790000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb7787000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb776d000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb760a000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb75fa000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb75f0000)
libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb75ed000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb75e2000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb75da000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb75d1000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb74e2000)
libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0xb74de000)
libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0xb74db000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb74d5000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb74bf000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f43000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb74bb000)
libpcre.so.3 => /lib/libpcre.so.3 (0xb7489000)
libselinux.so.1 => /lib/libselinux.so.1 (0xb746f000)
libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb742b000)
libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 (0xb73c5000)
libfusion-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0 (0xb73bc000)
libdirect-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0 (0xb73a7000)
libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb7381000)
libxcb-render-util.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render-util.so.0 (0xb737b000)
libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0xb7373000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb7359000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb7332000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb732e000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7328000)
Pretty long list, yes. But these are very common libs for Linux. If you run something with Gnome-Desktop-Enviroment, the deps should be solved.
Try the same on "gedit", Gnome's standard Text editor:
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ldd gedit
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f19000)
libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0xb7dcc000)
libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xb7dc6000)
liblaunchpad-integration.so.1 => /usr/lib/liblaunchpad-integration.so.1 (0xb7dc0000)
libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0 (0xb7d7f000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb79ce000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb7941000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb7926000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb790b000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb78e5000)
libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0xb7877000)
libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb77fd000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb77ba000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb777b000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb7776000)
libgconf-2.so.4 => /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4 (0xb7744000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb768c000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb7683000)
libattr.so.1 => /lib/libattr.so.1 (0xb767c000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7663000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7500000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7411000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb73f9000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb73f5000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb73de000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb73d5000)
libpcre.so.3 => /lib/libpcre.so.3 (0xb73a3000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb737a000)
libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xb736e000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb72f7000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb72c9000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb72b9000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb72af000)
libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb72ac000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb72a2000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb7299000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb7290000)
libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0xb728c000)
libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0xb7289000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb7284000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f1a000)
libselinux.so.1 => /lib/libselinux.so.1 (0xb7269000)
libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb7226000)
libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 (0xb71c0000)
libfusion-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0 (0xb71b7000)
libdirect-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0 (0xb71a2000)
libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb717b000)
libxcb-render-util.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render-util.so.0 (0xb7176000)
libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0xb716e000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb7154000)
libORBit-2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 (0xb7101000)
libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0xb70e2000)
libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xb70aa000)
libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb70a5000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb707e000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb707a000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7074000)
So: Gedit - Gnome's standard text editor has a longer list of dependencies than the PureBasic AdvancedGadget-Demo. I guess, when you write common Tools and Apps you can be sure they'll run perfect on your system.
It might be a bit different, when you use some external libs (*.so - files), API-Calls or PB's Database (ODBC) and 2D/Sprite/3D-functions.
To this point I don't tell anything new.
So, how to get to some package we can use on our lovley boxes?
I've been searching the web for some tutorials on building packages and the best ones are from debian/ubuntu-related websites.
English:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide
German:
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Paketbau
I don't think that it's necessary to write a PB related tutorial on building packages when there are already such.
I'll try myself the next days and report some information.
Good night everyone!
