[I wrote]
> > I assume motif (or openmotif) is available for debian, but I don't know
> > where you can get it. Others may be able to advise.
> >
Thanks for providing the information
> I'm a little curious why this has come up, because if the pop11 debian
> package were done properly, the dependancy should have been picked up
> automatically.
The debian poplog package is based on the linux poplog package, and has
probably inherited its flaws. Linux poplog has an installation script
but nothing like the kind of dependency checking normally associated
with 'rpm' packages as it is merely what I have been able to assemble
working sporadically and unsystematically in my spare time, without
any prior experience of building self-installing packages.
This will all be cured eventually by the 'OpenPoplog' project, whose
aims include both producing a more complete port of poplog to Windows
(e.g. with full graphical capabilities) and development of a suitable
tools for handling cross-platform development and installation
processes. See
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/openpoplog.html
Anyone who is interested in helping with that project should join
the poplog-dev email list (by writing to me).
The most recent poplog debian package here
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/debian/
was assembled manually from linux poplog version 15.6 by Brent
Fulgham. I think it would be quite difficult to derive all the
requirements from the linux-poplog package.
For linux poplog there is now a shell script that checks some of the
requirements that most often cause problems:
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/v15.6/CHECK_LINUX_FACILITIES
I don't know if it works on debian.
Aaron
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