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darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2215 Location: near here

If I make a package which needs the libs below, how would I name the dependencies for the PET file?

jamesbond · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1540 Location: The Blue Marble

You need to collect all these libs into one PET file, say libwxgtk-2.8.pet (just a guess - I don't know what these libs are). Then when you build the your apps pet, add +libwxgtk to the "dependency" section. Note: Put your libs pet name without version number.

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2215 Location: near here

so it would be something like this:-

+libFLAC++,+libSoundTouch,+libwx_baseu,+libwx_gtk2u

?

I'm unsure whether I need to put lib in front of all the dependencies . . .

jamesbond · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 1540 Location: The Blue Marble

Yes, assuming that's how you name your library pets.
Let's say you keep your libraries in 3 pets:
- libwxgtk-2.8pet
- libflac-3.7-git.pet
- soundtouch-5.0.pet

Then in your app you put the depedency as:
+libwxgt,+libflac,+soundtouch

The name of the libs doesn't matter; it is the name of the pet that must match (the name before the first "-" dash character).

If on the other hand you decide to combine all the libs into one big pet, say my_big_lib_collection-1.0.pet; you need to add "+my_big_lib_collection" as your dependency.

cheers!