Does order of installing depends (missing or not) make a difference?
by LenHoff from LinuxQuestions.org on (#56VK0)
In Mint 19.3 XFCE, tried to install Shutter 0.94-1 (screen shot app) from Mint's repo.
Appears there were a few packages not listed in its dependsRecommends in Synaptic.
Debug - starting it in terminal gave a few missing things, though at least a couple of the pkg names mentioned were named exactly the same as in the repo.
I figured one it mentioned 1st (I think) - libgoo-canvas-perl, was the dev package - missing depends are often looking for dev versions, even if they don't say so.
I also thought I finally found & successfully installed the other few missing depends / recommends that apparently weren'tlisted in the Synaptic Shutter pkg. But it's still listing the missing dependencies in debug, and Shutter's Edit button is greyed out - as several web articles mention. If I hover the Edit shots button, it shows some of the missing packages relating to editing.
After installed missing depends & restarted LM, the Edit button was still grayed out.
One site, https://itsfoss.com/shutter-edit-button-disabled/ said for THIS problem in Shutter - in Mint 19 / Ubuntu 18, that the ORDER of installing the missing packages is important. I wasn't aware that is a common issue. I haven't tried that method yet - see if others had better ideas.
Regardless, AFAIK (it's late) there are no more pkgs in Mint 19 repo with names similar to ones Shutter says are (still) missing. I could install faster a better screenshot / editing app under PlayOnLinux than this. :)
Question is, now that it's installed, what's the best way to find exact names of still missing depends / recommends? Or is it easier to D/L the package & run commands on that to see missing depends? If Shutter doesn't list all depends, the latter won't help.
I believe shutter uses a perl script to launch - least an older Shutter version.
The desktop launcher uses only "shutter %F" and if I cd to /usr/bin, then cmd "shutter" does launch it. But if I'm trying to get data about the installation, like "ldd -d (or -v) shutter," then it doesn't start, stating "not a dynamic executable."
In that case, if I use "ldd -v perl /usr/bin/shutter, it starts & gives data on files installed. I don't know if any of these commands will give good info (names, locations) of missing depends, for installed apps.
Appears there were a few packages not listed in its dependsRecommends in Synaptic.
Debug - starting it in terminal gave a few missing things, though at least a couple of the pkg names mentioned were named exactly the same as in the repo.
I figured one it mentioned 1st (I think) - libgoo-canvas-perl, was the dev package - missing depends are often looking for dev versions, even if they don't say so.
I also thought I finally found & successfully installed the other few missing depends / recommends that apparently weren'tlisted in the Synaptic Shutter pkg. But it's still listing the missing dependencies in debug, and Shutter's Edit button is greyed out - as several web articles mention. If I hover the Edit shots button, it shows some of the missing packages relating to editing.
After installed missing depends & restarted LM, the Edit button was still grayed out.
One site, https://itsfoss.com/shutter-edit-button-disabled/ said for THIS problem in Shutter - in Mint 19 / Ubuntu 18, that the ORDER of installing the missing packages is important. I wasn't aware that is a common issue. I haven't tried that method yet - see if others had better ideas.
Regardless, AFAIK (it's late) there are no more pkgs in Mint 19 repo with names similar to ones Shutter says are (still) missing. I could install faster a better screenshot / editing app under PlayOnLinux than this. :)
Question is, now that it's installed, what's the best way to find exact names of still missing depends / recommends? Or is it easier to D/L the package & run commands on that to see missing depends? If Shutter doesn't list all depends, the latter won't help.
I believe shutter uses a perl script to launch - least an older Shutter version.
The desktop launcher uses only "shutter %F" and if I cd to /usr/bin, then cmd "shutter" does launch it. But if I'm trying to get data about the installation, like "ldd -d (or -v) shutter," then it doesn't start, stating "not a dynamic executable."
In that case, if I use "ldd -v perl /usr/bin/shutter, it starts & gives data on files installed. I don't know if any of these commands will give good info (names, locations) of missing depends, for installed apps.