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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I someone sent a patch a while ago with no replies addin -y to
assume yes to all. But  it has been discussed before to just get rid
of the script, because it makes more trouble than benefit.

2015-04-01 19:20 GMT+02:00 Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Thank you.
> From the original list:
>>
>> 1.  install_prerequisites()This function is using a single command
>> "apt-get install" for ALL of the software packages.  It would work
>> smoothly if ALL of the packages were available.  Unfurtunately, in the
>> Ubuntu 14.04 case, python-wxgtk3.0 is not yet available and the command
>> will fail for ALL of the packages.  Thus libwxgtk3.0-dev will not be
>> installed at all (which will cause another error that needs an improved
>> error handling.  See #2).
>>     Suggestion:  Change to use a local loop to install each of the
>> packages     so that command "apt-get install" fails only for a single
>> package, thus     avoiding failing for ALL.
>> 2.  CMake check listWhen libwxgtk3.0-dev is not installed, due to the
>> faillure in #1 aboe, the CMake check part stops short during compiling,
>> but kicad-install.sh does not detect this failed compiling and just
>> continue to install or copy parts files and doc files into the destnated
>> directory.  At the end, it seems all install succeeded.  But there is NO
>> "kicad" binary installed at all, much less of the rest of the binaries.
>> This situation has caused confussions to me a few times already.
>
>
> It still seems that the loop is a bit silly, though. You have to sit there
> authorizing each and every install. Since python-wxgtk3.0 is apparently
> optional, how about just installing *that* one individually, and then
> installing the rest with a single command?
>
> You could even test whether it's available and only attempt to install it if
> it is, or perhaps print an explanation of the consequences of not having it.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 03:34:56PM +0200, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>>
>> https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg15134.html
>>
>> 2015-04-01 9:53 GMT+02:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> Search the mailing list archive. Try to also use the keyword fedora when
>>> searching. I am currently not on a proper machine.
>>>
>>> Den 01/04/2015 01.48 skrev "Chris Pavlina" <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know why kicad-install.sh does this?
>>>>
>>>> for p in ${prerequisite_list}
>>>> do
>>>>    sudo apt-get install $p || exit 1
>>>> done
>>>>
>>>> Rather than something along the lines of this:
>>>>
>>>> echo "${prerequisite_list}" | xargs -d"\n" sudo apt-get install
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The long prompts for permission to install each package have, erm,
>>>> aggravated some users, and adding -y isn't quite the right choice IMHO
>>>> as it
>>>> removes the user's ability to veto the package list.
>>>>
>>>> Any chance of changing it?
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
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