Re: [fluid-dev] Apt package dependencies -- WAS Re: Proposal: FluidSynth tester program

[jimmy]

--- On Sun, 8/5/12, jimmy <address@hidden> wrote:

> If you still don't understand what I have written, it would
> still be a big baffling mistery for you.

Sorry, "mystery" not "mistery".

More on decoding "apt-get" command you used.  From the info you posted:

>>>
address@hidden:~/fluidsynth-1.1.6$ sudo apt-get build-dep fluidsynth
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  jackd2 jackd2-firewire libjack-jackd2-0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  jackd1 libjack-dev libjack0
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/637 kB of archives.
After this operation, 371 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 218822 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing jackd2-firewire ...
dpkg: libjack-jackd2-0: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you 
requested:
zita-at1 depends on libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.5~dfsg-14) | libjack-0.116; 
however:
  Package libjack-jackd2-0 is to be removed.
  Package libjack-0.116 is not installed.
  Package libjack-jackd2-0 which provides libjack-0.116 is to be removed.
  Package libjack0 which provides libjack-0.116 is not installed.
sndfile-tools depends on libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.5~dfsg-14) | libjack-0.116; 
however:
  Package libjack-jackd2-0 is to be removed.
  Package libjack-0.116 is not installed.
  Package libjack-jackd2-0 which provides libjack-0.116 is to be removed.
  Package libjack0 which provides libjack-0.116 is not installed.

   . . . 
   
  [with many more messages about packages depending on "libjack-jackd2-0"]
   
<<<


You need to understand the messages from that command, 

   apt-get build-dep fluidsynth
   
it tells you exactly what it woud do:

   The following packages will be REMOVED:
     jackd2 jackd2-firewire libjack-jackd2-0
   The following NEW packages will be installed:
     jackd1 libjack-dev libjack0


Which is NOT what is needed by the currently testing Fluidsynth version.  
Apparently, "build-dep fluidsynth" in your repository still refer to some 
old-old version of fluidsynth development packages which explicitly requires:

   jackd1 libjack-dev libjack0
   
but these are jack 1.x packages.  If you proceed, it tell you that:

   The following packages will be REMOVED:
     jackd2 jackd2-firewire libjack-jackd2-0


You have to read that and understand the implication of answering "Yes" to 
proceed with that command.  In order for you to compile the currently testing 
version of Fluidsynth, you should have answered "No" to quit that command.  
Because, obviously the repository you are using is very outdated as far as 
Fluidsynth is concerned.

It means you have to manually figure out, and install all the package 
dependencies for the current Fluidsynth version and not depend on "apt-get" to 
resolve such dependencies for you.

Jimmy