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Hi,

I have Leap 15.6 installed, but one particular package lost
functionality between 15.5 and 15.6 so I have installed the Source rpm
from 15.5 and wish to compile it against the current libraries. I have already tried using the 15.5 executable but things are not going
particularly well - random aborts and general misbehaviour.

dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Compiling_software was "tested on openSUSE
12.1" and is not being particularly helpful - starting with there not
being a "./configure" file (I had copied and unpacked SOURCES/dragon-22.12.3.tar.xz).

Is there any current documentation? Bearing in mind that I have not
compiled anything under Linux for at least 25 years (back then it was
Kernels and Samba).
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:53:42 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

Hi,

I have Leap 15.6 installed, but one particular package lost
functionality between 15.5 and 15.6 so I have installed the Source
rpm from 15.5 and wish to compile it against the current libraries.
I have already tried using the 15.5 executable but things are not
going particularly well - random aborts and general misbehaviour.

dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Compiling_software was "tested on
openSUSE 12.1" and is not being particularly helpful - starting with
there not being a "./configure" file (I had copied and unpacked SOURCES/dragon-22.12.3.tar.xz).

Is there any current documentation? Bearing in mind that I have not compiled anything under Linux for at least 25 years (back then it was Kernels and Samba).

Hi
As your user run `rpmbuild --rebuild
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm`
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Malcolm wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:53:42 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

Hi,

I have Leap 15.6 installed, but one particular package lost
functionality between 15.5 and 15.6 so I have installed the Source
rpm from 15.5 and wish to compile it against the current libraries.
I have already tried using the 15.5 executable but things are not
going particularly well - random aborts and general misbehaviour.

dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Compiling_software was "tested on
openSUSE 12.1" and is not being particularly helpful - starting with
there not being a "./configure" file (I had copied and unpacked
SOURCES/dragon-22.12.3.tar.xz).

Is there any current documentation? Bearing in mind that I have not
compiled anything under Linux for at least 25 years (back then it was
Kernels and Samba).

Hi
As your user run `rpmbuild --rebuild
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm`

Thank you, that started off well with a list of missing dependencies. Installing the missing packages made a fair proportion of those
dependencies go away, but "cmake(blah blah)" is still there. For 17
different values of blah blah. Although cmake is now installed (and I
even rebooted).
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:10:06 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:53:42 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

Hi,

I have Leap 15.6 installed, but one particular package lost
functionality between 15.5 and 15.6 so I have installed the Source
rpm from 15.5 and wish to compile it against the current libraries.
I have already tried using the 15.5 executable but things are not
going particularly well - random aborts and general misbehaviour.

dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Compiling_software was "tested on
openSUSE 12.1" and is not being particularly helpful - starting
with there not being a "./configure" file (I had copied and
unpacked SOURCES/dragon-22.12.3.tar.xz).

Is there any current documentation? Bearing in mind that I have
not compiled anything under Linux for at least 25 years (back then
it was Kernels and Samba).

Hi
As your user run `rpmbuild --rebuild dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm`

Thank you, that started off well with a list of missing dependencies. Installing the missing packages made a fair proportion of those
dependencies go away, but "cmake(blah blah)" is still there. For 17 different values of blah blah. Although cmake is now installed (and
I even rebooted).

Hi
So use zypper eg `zypper in cmake\(KF5IconThemes\)` or `zypper in "cmake(KF5IconThemes)"` should work you need to inspect the spec file to
get all the build requires...
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Malcolm wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:10:06 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:53:42 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

Hi,

I have Leap 15.6 installed, but one particular package lost
functionality between 15.5 and 15.6 so I have installed the Source
rpm from 15.5 and wish to compile it against the current libraries.
I have already tried using the 15.5 executable but things are not
going particularly well - random aborts and general misbehaviour.

dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Compiling_software was "tested on
openSUSE 12.1" and is not being particularly helpful - starting
with there not being a "./configure" file (I had copied and
unpacked SOURCES/dragon-22.12.3.tar.xz).

Is there any current documentation? Bearing in mind that I have
not compiled anything under Linux for at least 25 years (back then
it was Kernels and Samba).

Hi
As your user run `rpmbuild --rebuild
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm`

Thank you, that started off well with a list of missing dependencies.
Installing the missing packages made a fair proportion of those
dependencies go away, but "cmake(blah blah)" is still there. For 17
different values of blah blah. Although cmake is now installed (and
I even rebooted).

Hi
So use zypper eg `zypper in cmake\(KF5IconThemes\)` or `zypper in "cmake(KF5IconThemes)"` should work you need to inspect the spec file to
get all the build requires...

I've done all that, but the following errors remain. I've checked
around half of those KF5 packages and *all* of those are installed. dragonplayer.spec does not tell me anything over and above that, my
guess is that the versions I have installed could be too new for that
22.12.3 level but that is just an uninformed guess.


Installing dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm
error: Failed build dependencies:
cmake(KF5Config) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5ConfigWidgets) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5CoreAddons) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Crash) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5DBusAddons) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5DocTools) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5I18n) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5JobWidgets) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5KIO) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Notifications) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Parts) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Solid) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5WidgetsAddons) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5WindowSystem) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
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On 2025-03-20 10:56, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:10:06 +0100

Hi
So use zypper eg `zypper in cmake\(KF5IconThemes\)` or `zypper in
"cmake(KF5IconThemes)"` should work you need to inspect the spec file to
get all the build requires...

I don't understand this syntax. Never seen it. :-?

man zypper doesn't mention cmake.

I've done all that, but the following errors remain.-a I've checked
around half of those KF5 packages and *all* of those are installed. dragonplayer.spec does not tell me anything over and above that, my
guess is that the versions I have installed could be too new for that 22.12.3 level but that is just an uninformed guess.

Installing dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm
error: Failed build dependencies:
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a cmake(KF5Config) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3- bp155.1.5.x86_64
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a cmake(KF5ConfigWidgets) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3- bp155.1.5.x86_64
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a cmake(KF5CoreAddons) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3- bp155.1.5.x86_64

I have never seen this, I am more used to .configure. Guessing, you need
to do:

zypper in "cmake(KF5Config)"
zypper in "cmake(KF5ConfigWidgets)"

etc, with all the entries, one by one. Maybe all in a single line is
possible, I don't know.
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:56:24 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

<snip>

I've done all that, but the following errors remain. I've checked
around half of those KF5 packages and *all* of those are installed. dragonplayer.spec does not tell me anything over and above that, my
guess is that the versions I have installed could be too new for that 22.12.3 level but that is just an uninformed guess.

Installing dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm
error: Failed build dependencies:
cmake(KF5Config) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5ConfigWidgets) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5CoreAddons) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Crash) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5DBusAddons) is needed
by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5DocTools) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5I18n) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5JobWidgets) is needed
by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5KIO) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Notifications) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Parts) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Solid) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5WidgetsAddons) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5WindowSystem) is needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5XmlGui) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64

Hi
And they are the development (-devel) versions?
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:21:32 +0100
"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-03-20 10:56, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:10:06 +0100

Hi
So use zypper eg `zypper in cmake\(KF5IconThemes\)` or `zypper in
"cmake(KF5IconThemes)"` should work you need to inspect the spec
file to get all the build requires...

I don't understand this syntax. Never seen it. :-?

man zypper doesn't mention cmake.

<snip>
Hi Carlos
On Leap 15.6 I see;

zypper se --provides cmake\(KF5IconThemes\)

S | Name | Summary | Type ---+-------------------+---------------------------------------+--------
| kiconthemes-devel | Icon GUI utilities: Build Environment | package

It's just a prefix, like pkgconfig(some dev pkg) which provides info in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig, for cmake packages it's in /usr/lib64/cmake/
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Malcolm wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:56:24 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

<snip>

I've done all that, but the following errors remain. I've checked
around half of those KF5 packages and *all* of those are installed.
dragonplayer.spec does not tell me anything over and above that, my
guess is that the versions I have installed could be too new for that
22.12.3 level but that is just an uninformed guess.


Installing dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm
error: Failed build dependencies:
cmake(KF5Config) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5ConfigWidgets) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5CoreAddons) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Crash) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5DBusAddons) is needed
by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5DocTools) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5I18n) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5JobWidgets) is needed
by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5KIO) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Notifications) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Parts) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Solid) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5WidgetsAddons) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5WindowSystem) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5XmlGui) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64

Hi
And they are the development (-devel) versions?

I don't see any explicitly named -devel versions, at least not in the repositories I have active.
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:04:18 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:56:24 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

<snip>

I've done all that, but the following errors remain. I've checked
around half of those KF5 packages and *all* of those are installed.
dragonplayer.spec does not tell me anything over and above that, my
guess is that the versions I have installed could be too new for
that 22.12.3 level but that is just an uninformed guess.


Installing dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm
error: Failed build dependencies:
cmake(KF5Config) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5ConfigWidgets) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5CoreAddons) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Crash) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5DBusAddons) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5DocTools) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5I18n) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5JobWidgets) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5KIO) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Notifications) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Parts) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Solid) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5WidgetsAddons) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5WindowSystem) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5XmlGui) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64

Hi
And they are the development (-devel) versions?

I don't see any explicitly named -devel versions, at least not in the repositories I have active.

Hi
Well for example is `kiconthemes-devel` installed?
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Malcolm wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:04:18 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:56:24 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

<snip>

I've done all that, but the following errors remain. I've checked
around half of those KF5 packages and *all* of those are installed.
dragonplayer.spec does not tell me anything over and above that, my
guess is that the versions I have installed could be too new for
that 22.12.3 level but that is just an uninformed guess.


Installing dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm
error: Failed build dependencies:
cmake(KF5Config) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5ConfigWidgets) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5CoreAddons) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Crash) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5DBusAddons) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5DocTools) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5I18n) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5JobWidgets) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5KIO) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Notifications) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Parts) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Solid) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5WidgetsAddons) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5WindowSystem) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5XmlGui) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64

Hi
And they are the development (-devel) versions?

I don't see any explicitly named -devel versions, at least not in the
repositories I have active.

Hi
Well for example is `kiconthemes-devel` installed?

Yes
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Malcolm wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:04:18 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:56:24 +0100
R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov> wrote:

<snip>

I've done all that, but the following errors remain. I've checked
around half of those KF5 packages and *all* of those are installed.
dragonplayer.spec does not tell me anything over and above that, my
guess is that the versions I have installed could be too new for
that 22.12.3 level but that is just an uninformed guess.


Installing dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.src.rpm
error: Failed build dependencies:
cmake(KF5Config) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5ConfigWidgets) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5CoreAddons) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Crash) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5DBusAddons) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5DocTools) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5I18n) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5JobWidgets) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5KIO) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Notifications) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5Parts) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5Solid) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64 cmake(KF5WidgetsAddons) is
needed by dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5WindowSystem) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64
cmake(KF5XmlGui) is needed by
dragonplayer-22.12.3-bp155.1.5.x86_64

Hi
And they are the development (-devel) versions?

I don't see any explicitly named -devel versions, at least not in the
repositories I have active.

Hi
Well for example is `kiconthemes-devel` installed?

That was about the only one which was installed.
I went through the other k******-devel packages, and now:
- there were no more errors
- something useable was generated in subdirectory RPMS/x86_64
- that "something useable" could be installed.
Now I have to see if this new rpm is any better than what I had in there previously, but thank you very much - any remaining problems are
probably down to incompatibilities between the levels.
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