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how to check for dependencies on Linux/BSD?

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Hi, so i found this excellent article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux and I unzipped/extracted the firefox-77.0.1.tar.bz2 file.

By the way, am glad to know I don't have to compile it. Tis a relief :)

So the article above says to check this list @ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/77.0.1/system-requirements/#software-requirements for "required libraries". I am really good at the command line except for checking library dependencies. :/

Last link shows these 5:

  • Bulleted list item GTK+ 3.4 or higher 
   * Bulleted list item    GLib 2.22 or higher
   * Bulleted list item    Pango 1.22 or higher
   * Bulleted list item    X.Org 1.0 or higher (1.7 or higher is recommended)
  • Bulleted list item libstdc++ 4.7 or higher

My fear is i'll have to search around a while for the exact package name since sometimes capitalization and dashes matter when using apt, aptitude, or synaptic.

Here's what I am trying so far. I started with libstdc++ since that's all lower case. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ $ apt list | grep libstdc++ | grep -v unstable ... ... (super long list of lots of different libstdc++) ... libstdc++6/stable 8.3.0-6 i386 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ So since that ends with version 8.3 and that's higher than the "4.7 or higher" in the official list above, then I'm good. (By the way, just a plain `apt list libstdc++` returned no results.)

And substituting the word 'pango' in the above command gives a similarly long list that looks good, i think. Same with 'gtk3', 'glib2', and 'xorg'.

Oh, i think i've answered my own question :) but maybe went the scenic route with my command since i did not know the exact package names.

Anybody have a faster way of checking for these? Pretty please? :)

P.S. By the way, I'm using Debian but in my experience it wouldn't matter if i was using Arch or even one of the BSD's right now. Yes, tools are slightly different like apt/dpkg, or ports but am mostly curious for what exact package names to search for to save me time. :)

Thanks, you all rock. Love the community here though,

Roger Brown

Hi, so i found this excellent article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux and I unzipped/extracted the firefox-77.0.1.tar.bz2 file. By the way, am glad to know I don't have to compile it. Tis a relief :) So the article above says to check this list @ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/77.0.1/system-requirements/#software-requirements for "required libraries". I am really good at the command line except for checking library dependencies. :/ Last link shows these 5: * Bulleted list item GTK+ 3.4 or higher * Bulleted list item GLib 2.22 or higher * Bulleted list item Pango 1.22 or higher * Bulleted list item X.Org 1.0 or higher (1.7 or higher is recommended) * Bulleted list item libstdc++ 4.7 or higher My fear is i'll have to search around a while for the exact package name since sometimes capitalization and dashes matter when using apt, aptitude, or synaptic. Here's what I am trying so far. I started with libstdc++ since that's all lower case. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ $ apt list | grep libstdc++ | grep -v unstable ... ... (super long list of lots of different libstdc++) ... libstdc++6/stable 8.3.0-6 i386 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ So since that ends with version 8.3 and that's higher than the "4.7 or higher" in the official list above, then I'm good. (By the way, just a plain `apt list libstdc++` returned no results.) And substituting the word 'pango' in the above command gives a similarly long list that looks good, i think. Same with 'gtk3', 'glib2', and 'xorg'. Oh, i think i've answered my own question :) but maybe went the scenic route with my command since i did not know the exact package names. Anybody have a faster way of checking for these? Pretty please? :) P.S. By the way, I'm using Debian but in my experience it wouldn't matter if i was using Arch or even one of the BSD's right now. Yes, tools are slightly different like apt/dpkg, or ports but am mostly curious for what exact package names to search for to save me time. :) Thanks, you all rock. Love the community here though, Roger Brown