8.0.1 [Ubuntu 24.04] libgirepository-dev required for .deb

[ichorid]

sudo dpkg -i ./tribler_8.0.1_amd64.deb
results in an error: dpkg requires libgirepository1.0-dev which is not installed.
Apparently, this development library is used to build Rust code bindings to Python somehow slipped into the release.

[qstokkink]

dpkg -i does not pull in missing dependencies, it only shows errors when they are not found.

sudo apt install ./tribler_8.0.1_all.deb should pull in your missing dependencies.

[ichorid]

I know, but the dependency in question is a "-dev" dependency. It should not be required for non-dev packages.

[qstokkink]

If I interpret https://pygobject.gnome.org/getting_started.html#ubuntu-logo-ubuntu-debian-logo-debian correctly, we might be able to substitute libgirepository1.0-dev with python3-gi python3-gi-cairo inside the deb's Depends:.

I would need to make a test build to confirm if that is possible. It would indeed be nice not to depend on a -dev package. I'll put this on the shortlist for the next pre-release.

[qstokkink]

I just tested this. libgirepository1.0-dev is not required, nor is python3-gi python3-gi-cairo. We can just straight-up remove this from the Depends. That cleans up nicely. Thanks @ichorid 🙏