BinDeps.jl issues

Failure to install packages with "sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified" error

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I've run into an odd problem with building packages with apt dependencies, in which the password prompt for the sudo apt-get fails. At the moment a simple workaround is just...

mpinese

@load_dependencies() doesn't work as advertised

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README.md says that: > This will make all your libraries available as variables named by the names you gave the dependency. E.g. if you declared a dependency as > >...

nalimilan

Cairo.jl fallback to source build on Travis Trusty

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When trying to use Travis trusty for package testing, I notice that `BinDeps` failed to use `apt-get` to install the packages but rather fall back to compiling from source (which...

yuyichao

BinDeps writes correct deps.jl on OS X but not on linux

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Doing ``` julia Pkg.clone("http://github.com/dpsanders/CRlibm.jl") Pkg.build("CRlibm") ``` correctly builds the dependency (CRlibm library) on both OS X and Linux. However, only OS X has the correct `deps.jl`, containing the full path...

dpsanders

Prefer Autotools overs other providers?

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Hi -- is it possible to force BinDeps to always prefer Autotools over other providers (in my particular case yum)? At a higher level, I want to be able to...

habemus-papadum

Friendlier output to the user?

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Sorry if this exists and I am simply overlooking it, but it seems like some feedback about why BinDeps decides to do whatever BinDeps does could be useful. For example,...

andrewcooke