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sandyd
October 13th, 2009, 02:28 AM
It would actually be nice if someone created a
./configure gui.

one that would
1. install packages that are needed for the compiling (identify packages needed by apt-get build-dep packagename or apt-cache showsrc packagename | grep '^Build-Depends')

2. Create two modes of installation
Simple mode - runs ./configure with standard options
Advanced mode - lists all the options and allows user to select those that they want.

3. Show compilation progress / install progress.

FuturePilot
October 13th, 2009, 02:33 AM
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1172466
It goes one step further and packages it into a deb

3rdalbum
October 13th, 2009, 04:42 AM
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1172466
It goes one step further and packages it into a deb

I don't think it resolves build dependencies, and I don't think it gives you the options from ./configure.

I've had the idea for ages, but have never really gotten around to making it; I guess the dependency resolution seemed pretty hard to me and this was putting me off.

K.Mandla
October 13th, 2009, 04:59 AM
When you say GUI, should I assume you mean something dialog- or ncurses-based? I usually compile from the console, although I guess a GUI configuration could spit out something in a graphical toolkit.

ynnhoj
October 13th, 2009, 07:40 AM
an even better idea: it would be nice if people stopped using autoconf altogether. bad stuff!