Additional dependencies #3062

issue mb300sd opened this issue on October 7, 2013

mb300sd commented at 4:54 AM on October 7, 2013: contributor

I think these should be added to the build-unix file, I had to install them in addition to what was listed.

autoconf pkg-config libprotobuf-dev
laanwj commented at 10:11 AM on October 21, 2013: member

I've added libprotobuf-dev to that file recently. Mind that it is a GUI-only dependency.

The other two don't really fit into the 'dependency' as they're not libraries and only needed for the build system. But mentioning them in the doc in some other way may be nice...
sipa commented at 10:57 AM on October 21, 2013: member

Well they are built-time dependencies, and afaik we only list built-time dependencies, not run-time ones. For example libdb5.1++-dev (the corresponding runtime dependency is libdb5.1++).

laanwj commented at 11:11 AM on October 21, 2013: member

Yes, but what I mean, for example see the initial list of build-unit.md under "Dependencies":

Library     Purpose           Description
-------     -------           -----------
libssl      SSL Support       Secure communications
libdb4.8    Berkeley DB       Blockchain & wallet storage
libboost    Boost             C++ Library
miniupnpc   UPnP Support      Optional firewall-jumping support
qt          GUI               GUI toolkit
protobuf    Payments in GUI   Data interchange format used for payment protocol
libqrencode QR codes in GUI   Optional for generating QR codes

autoconf and pkg-config do not fit into here.

It would fit under "Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian", which are distribution specific instructions.

rebroad commented at 10:35 PM on December 27, 2013: contributor

what's happening with this? It doesn't seem very ideal that one has to google "bitcoin libprotobuf" in order to find this github issue in order to find the solution, as I just have.
laanwj commented at 2:26 PM on December 29, 2013: member

Feel free to add autoconf and pkg-config somewhere.

The libprotobuf-dev package now has been in there for ages, please don't complain without even reading the docs.
fanquake commented at 12:05 PM on December 30, 2014: member

autoconf, pkg-config and libprotobuf-dev are all now present in build-unix. This can be closed. @laanwj
laanwj closed this on Dec 30, 2014
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