Subject: Re: Support
From: Ondřej Jirman
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 21:22:05 +0100
Hi,

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 01:38:15AM +0530, Niklas Finkel wrote:
> Hi buddy, sorry I wasn't able to respond back earlier.
> 
> I did try to clone the repository but I get this on my server everytime:
> 
> git clone git://megous.com/megatools

URL should be https://megous.com/git/megatools/

regards,
	o.

> Cloning into 'megatools'...
> 
> fatal: unable to connect to megous.com:
> 
> megous.com[0: 2001:15e8:110:3624::1]: errno=Connection refused
> 
> megous.com[1: 195.181.215.36]: errno=Connection refused
> 
> I've tried it on my home PC and I still get the same error message. I'm
> sorry I keep bugging you, but am I doing something wrong?
> 
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 3:15 AM Ondřej Jirman <megatools@megous.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 12:53:49AM +0530, Niklas Finkel wrote:
> > > Hey buddy, thank you. I'm trying to get it to work but it does end up
> > > giving me one error or the other every time I do "meson build". The
> > current
> > > terminal and error log is as follows:
> > >
> > > *The Meson build system*
> > >
> > > Version: 0.52.999
> > >
> > > Source dir: */root/Desktop/mega*
> > >
> > > Build dir: */root/Desktop/mega/build*
> > >
> > > Build type: *native build*
> > >
> > > Project name: *megatools*
> > >
> > > Project version: *1.11.0*
> > >
> > > C compiler for the host machine: *cc* (gcc 5.4.0 "cc (Ubuntu
> > > 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12) 5.4.0 20160609")
> > >
> > > C linker for the host machine: *GNU ld.bfd* 2.26.1
> > >
> > > Host machine cpu family: *x86_64*
> > >
> > > Host machine cpu: *x86_64*
> > >
> > > Run-time dependency *threads* found: *YES*
> > >
> > > Found pkg-config: */usr/bin/pkg-config* (0.29.1)
> > >
> > > Run-time dependency *gio-2.0* found: *YES* 2.48.2
> > >
> > > Run-time dependency *libcurl* found: *YES* 7.47.0
> > >
> > > Run-time dependency *openssl* found: *YES* 1.0.2g
> > >
> > > Configuring *config.h* using configuration
> > >
> > > Program *install-symlinks.sh* found: *YES* (/bin/sh
> > > /root/Desktop/mega/install-symlinks.sh)
> > >
> > > Program *asciidoc* found: *YES* (/usr/bin/asciidoc)
> > >
> > > Program *db2x_xsltproc* found: *NO*
> > >
> > >
> > > meson.build:77:0: *ERROR:* Program(s) ['db2x_xsltproc'] not found or not
> > > executable
> > >
> >
> > You need some apps to build man pages. (which ones is in the README) I've
> > pushed
> > an update to git repository to make this optional. That should fix it.
> >
> >   https://megous.com/git/megatools/
> >
> > regards,
> >         o.
> >
> > > A full log can be found at
> > > */root/Desktop/mega/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt*
> > >
> > > I'm sorry I keep messaging you, I know you're not a "helpdesk" but I'm
> > not
> > > able to find anything on google at the moment (probably because the
> > newest
> > > update is still very new). If nothing, I think I might just install the
> > > previous version since ./configure, make and make install were much
> > easier
> > > to get a better understanding of.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Monday, November 11, 2019, Ondřej Jirman <megatools@megous.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 11:10:11AM +0530, Niklas Finkel wrote:
> > > > > Thank you so much for your email. The meson package installed by
> > default
> > > > is
> > > > > a very outdated version - I've installed the latest version of meson
> > > > using
> > > > > pip but I have no idea how to do 'meson b' with pip.
> > > >
> > > > You can also try lowering the version requirement in the meson.build
> > file,
> > > > to avoid that:
> > > >
> > > >   meson_version : '>= 0.46.0',
> > > >
> > > > it may work with earlier versions too. I haven't tested.
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > >         o.
> > > >
> > > > > I'll have to get a better understanding of meson and ninja before I
> > can
> > > > get
> > > > > this to work.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Monday, November 11, 2019, Ondřej Jirman <megatools@megous.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 08:22:43AM +0530, Niklas Finkel wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello, I hope you're well.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Firstly, I'd like to thank you for all you do. Megatools is one
> > of
> > > > the
> > > > > > > reasons why I still upload to MEGA, otherwise I would have given
> > up
> > > > on
> > > > > > it a
> > > > > > > long time ago.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I had a query - I am trying one of the new experimental builds
> > you've
> > > > > > > uploaded on the site on my Ubuntu machine. The version I've
> > > > downloaded
> > > > > > is:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > megatools-1.11.0-git-20191107.tar.gz               07-Nov-2019
> > 14:49
> > > > > > >        101957
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > When I try to install it like every past installation of
> > megatools
> > > > > > > (extract, ./configure, make, make install) it won't work on
> > > > ./configure
> > > > > >
> > > > > > megatools now use meson build system. (https://mesonbuild.com/)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > just run:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   meson b
> > > > > >   ninja -C b
> > > > > >   sudo ninja -C b install
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I hope it will work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > regards,
> > > > > >         o.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've read the README but I couldn't find any details in there
> > > > either. Any
> > > > > > > idea on how I could get this to work? The files/folders inside
> > the
> > > > > > archive
> > > > > > > are as follows:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > *contrib*  install-symlinks.sh  LICENSE      meson_options.txt
> > > > README
> > > > > > TODO
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > *docs*     *lib*                  meson.build  NEWS
> > > >  *tests*
> > > > > > > *tools*
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thank you!
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >