Re: [Edbrowse-dev] Problem installing git version on debian sid

[Geoff McLane <ubuntu@geoffair.info>]

Hi Chuck,

Concerning HTML Tidy, not sure what you refer to when you say 
'master.zip'? What README?

We have just released 5.6.0, and that should be 5.6.0.zip, or if you 
want to build from the repo -
$ git checkout master
$ git pull
and the version.txt file should contain 5.6.0, 2017.11.25, being the 
latest release...

But concerning your problem, not sure I really have the answer, but 
cmake should be able to find a working cxx/cpp compiler in your system...

My cmake 3.2.2 in Ubuntu linux, 14.04 shows "Check ... /usr/bin/c++ -- 
works"...

Actually tidy does not require cxx/cpp - it is a pure C project - and 
you could add this to the CMakeLists.txt, like change the line -
project (${LIB_NAME})
to
project (${LIB_NAME} C)

And that will tell cmake to ONLY look for a C compiler... and might get 
tidy 5.6.0 built...

But you will still need a cxx/cpp compiler for 'edbrowse', since it 
likewise has only cmake 'project (edbrowse)', in its CMakeLists.txt, 
which without the [LANGUAGE] option will likewise try to test both C and 
CXX by default, whether actually needed or not...

The real question is why is your Debian sid failing on this most basic 
of cmake tests? A cxx/cpp compiler should be installed...

I hope others can address that...

HTH, Geoff.