[Gnumed-devel] Re: Additional gnumed dependencies was Re: [Gnumed-bugs] client 0.6rc4 still can't print medications (from Ubuntu)

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 05:01:00PM -0800, Jim Busser wrote:

> I had started out trying just to install
> 
>       texlive-base-bin ( ~ 2.5 Mb)
> 
> but something extra from texlive was needed to obtain installed the binary
> 
>       pdflatex
> 
> which was why my last effort to print medications failed, but pdflatex was 
> callable after I installed the full 
> 
>       texlive (~ 170 Mb)

texlive-latex-base is sufficient. That will be a dependancy
in the gnumed-client*.deb

> so now I am not sure if texlive-base-bin was unneeded and/or would be 
> installed automatically with texlive

It would be installed automatically.

> --> I assume we do not bother to dissect out what from texlive was needed?... 
> is it best practice to make the whole package a dependency (despite it would 
> require more space in any binary gnumed)?

A binary GNUmed package would not get any larger.

> --> check-prerequisites.py presumably now needs something added?

It already has since Dec 26th.

> --> presumably an instruction about texlive needs also to be added to 
> packagers' reference

Yes. My notes for Andreas re 0.6 already contains such
wording.

Karsten
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