Re: [Vala] Package `Gee-0.8' not found

[Ralf Ganswindt <ralfganswindt gmail com>]

Thank you, that was the missing info. I figured out the proper name for the
ubuntu repository to get the -dev package and voila the .gir file appeared
where it should. I looked through the vala directories and found it under
/usr/share/vala/vapi/, but valac still couldn't find it until I copied the
file to /usr/share/vala-0.36/vapi/. I don't know if this is unique to
Ubuntu, but I figure this might be useful to someone.

Thanks again,

Ralf


Ralf Ganswindt
RalfGanswindt gmail com

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Al Thomas <astavale yahoo co uk> wrote:

> > On Thursday, 25 January 2018, 16:41:31 GMT, Ralf Ganswindt <
> ralfganswindt gmail com> wrote:
>
> > I'm experimenting with Vala and so far I like how it works. However, I
> > tried to compile a basic gee example from the sample programs and I get
> the
> > following:
>
> > $ valac --pkg Gee-0.8 list.vala
> > error: Package `Gee-0.8' not found in specified Vala API directories or
>
> It should be --pkg gee-0.8 It is case sensitive!
>
> You also need the development files installed. For Ubuntu that would be
> something like
> apt install libgee-dev
>
> > GIR files:
> You want to avoid GIR files to start with. They are GObject Introspection
> Repository (GIR)
> files that contain enough information about a C library's interface to
> generate bindings for
> various languages, including Vala. The Vala tool vapigen can then be used
> to generate a
> Vala Application Programming Interface (VAPI) file from the GIR. valac can
> do this automatically
> if a VAPI is not found.
>
> By using the capitalized version, --pkg Gee-0.8, valac tried to generate
> the VAPI for you by
> searching for the relevant GIR. It looks like that wasn't found either,
> probably because you
> don't have the development files installed. If you look at the files in
> the dev package you
> should see the difference in filenames.
>
> When starting out you want to focus on using VAPI files for interfacing
> with libraries.
>
> All the best,
>
> Al