PACKAGING.md

Dependencies

This document is provided as an aid to prospective packagers.

The following commands should install all dependencies needed by Qman, for different operating systems and distros:

Arch Linux

  # pacman -Sy
  # pacman -S base-devel git meson libinih python-cogapp man-db man-pages

Debian 12

  # apt update
  # apt install build-essential git meson pkg-config libncurses-dev libinih-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev pipx man-db
  $ pipx install cogapp

💡 Note

By default, pipx will install the cog executable in ~/.local/bin. You may need to add this directory to your path before proceeding with meson setup.

Debian 11

  # apt update
  # apt install build-essential git meson pkg-config libncurses-dev libinih-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev python3-pip man-db
  # pip install cogapp

Rocky Linux 9

  # dnf install epel-release
  # dnf update
  # dnf group install "Development Tools"
  # dnf install man-db man-pages ncurses-devel bzip2-devel python3-pip
  # dnf --enablerepo devel install meson inih-devel
  # pip install cogapp

💡 Note

These steps should also work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and AlmaLinux 9

Rocky Linux 8

  # dnf install epel-release
  # dnf update
  # dnf group install "Development Tools"
  # dnf install man-db man-pages ncurses-devel inih-devel bzip2-devel python3-pip
  # dnf --enablerepo devel install meson
  # pip3 install cogapp

💡 Note

Rocky 8 supplies GNU man version 2.7, which is not compatible with Qman, as it doesn't support specifying the manual section using brackets (i.e. man 'ls(1)' results in 'No manual entry for ls(1)'). You will thus have to install a newer version of GNU man on your system.

💡 Note

These steps should also work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and AlmaLinux 8

Ubuntu 24.04

  # apt update
  # apt install build-essential git meson cmake pkg-config libncurses-dev libinih-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev python3-cogapp man-db

Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04

  # apt update
  # apt install build-essential git meson cmake pkg-config libncurses-dev libinih-dev libbz2-dev python3-pip man-db
  # pip install cogapp

💡 Note

For Ubuntu 20.04, you must substitute meson compile with ninja during the build process

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  # zypper refresh
  # zypper install gcc cmake meson ninja python3-cogapp ncurses-devel libinih-devel cmake zlib-devel libbz2-devel