He said Slackware. On Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 20:38 Gregory Casamento <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am in the process of refactoring these scripts... massively. Could you > share which version of linux you are using? > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM Steven <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I’ve been reading through the gnustep-discuss thread "GNUstep Public >> Relations" and this is something I would like to help with if there’s a >> need. I’m wondering if there’s a published plan or a set of goals the >> project is working towards and interested parties could take on the task? >> >> I’ve been following GNUstep off and on for a long time and I’m just >> re-familiarizing myself with everything. I just gave the >> gnustep-web-install-dev script a try as per the instructions on >> gnustep.org but unfortunately it didn’t work. After displaying the ascii >> art I got: >> >> >> IMPORTANT! >> You must update your .ssh directory so it contains your github ssh key >> Begin setup for linux >> bash: line 45: ./setup-linux: Permission denied >> ======== Create gnustep build directories ======== >> Cloning into 'tools-scripts'... >> The authenticity of host 'github.com (140.82.112.4)' can't be >> established. >> ED25519 key fingerprint is >> SHA256:+DiY3wvvV6TuJJhbpZisF/zLDA0zPMSvHdkr4UvCOqU. >> This key is not known by any other names >> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes >> Warning: Permanently added 'github.com' (ED25519) to the list of known >> hosts. >> [email protected]: Permission denied (publickey). >> fatal: Could not read from remote repository. >> ... >> >> After this I tried out the slightly different script/instruction shown on >> gnustep.github.io site (gnustep-web-install) >> This one worked a bit better for me: >> >> Begin setup for linux >> ./setup-linux: line 7: /etc/lsb-release: No such file or directory >> sudo command is already present. >> Checking if root password is not set, please set it... >> Adding steven to sudoers... >> Please enter the root user's password. >> Password: su: Authentication token manipulation error >> ======== Create gnustep build directories ======== >> Cloning into 'tools-scripts’… >> >> That error show shown in setup-linux line 7 is because I am running >> Slackware, which does not have /etc/lsb-release but it does have >> /etc/os-release >> Having said that I would like to work on a >> “install-dependencies-slackware” script and maybe fix up the >> gnustep-web-install script to cater for Slackware also. >> >> I don’t know how to go about contributing changes or documentation or >> anything else like that, is there a process? >> Do changes get reviewed by someone? >> >> The other issue I did have with the gnustep-web-install script is the >> post installation failed: >> >> ... >> GNUmakefile:31: Unable to obtain GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES setting from >> gnustep-config! >> … >> >> Once I manually fixed up my path, the post-install-linux script runs, but >> it fails because it can’t link Gorm with libdispatch. Taking a closer look >> I see that it is built as part of gnustep-web-install but is installed >> in /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Libraries/libdispatch.so which is not in >> ld’s path. I created /etc/ld.so.conf.d/gnustep.conf containing the path, >> ran ldconfig and the post install linking completed. >> >> So the good news is there’s only a few things to fix and Slackware could >> be listed as a GNUstep target system! >> >> My other observation I have is, right at the start of the script is says >> it’s adding my user to sudoers (it’s already a sudoer) but also prompts for >> the root password, is that necessary? >> >> >> Cheers >> Steven >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Gregory Casamento > GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant > http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com > https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=352392 - Become a Patron > https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c > https://www.gofundme.com/f/cacao-linux-a-gnustep-reference-implementation >
