phil123456
New Member
Hello,
I have been using linux distros for years now and if there is something I've always found annoying, no matter if I am working on a RH mainframe or a raspberry pi, is that while compiling a software, a dependency is missing, then I first have to figure the missing package(s) name before even installing it (sometimes for days, asking in forums and such...)
is there still no solution for this ? after all these years ? like a global DB and a wrapper around yum/aptitude/younameit so that it proposes or fetches automatically the correct package that contains the executable or the git repo that needs to be downloaded (far fetched, I admit it)
most of the time, installing issues are about dependencies and just finding the correct missing package name or repo (and then figure out how to compile it)
hope it speaks to others, becos after so many years, that still is a wasting time problem that could be addressed easily, especially with make files and such
thanks for the time you'll spend on this one
I have been using linux distros for years now and if there is something I've always found annoying, no matter if I am working on a RH mainframe or a raspberry pi, is that while compiling a software, a dependency is missing, then I first have to figure the missing package(s) name before even installing it (sometimes for days, asking in forums and such...)
is there still no solution for this ? after all these years ? like a global DB and a wrapper around yum/aptitude/younameit so that it proposes or fetches automatically the correct package that contains the executable or the git repo that needs to be downloaded (far fetched, I admit it)
most of the time, installing issues are about dependencies and just finding the correct missing package name or repo (and then figure out how to compile it)
hope it speaks to others, becos after so many years, that still is a wasting time problem that could be addressed easily, especially with make files and such
thanks for the time you'll spend on this one
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