apt-get install missing code

[DJSteins]

When trying to install check through using "sudo apt-get install check" I found that there was missing code in the repo. It would be preferable if we could add all the missing code to the apt-get repo so that it can be installed that way instead of being built from source.

[brarcher]

When you mean missing code, what are you referring to? Is that the examples or something else?

I'm not sure what control I would have on how downstream Linux project package binaries and provide them through tools like apt. Is there something that Check's makefiles are doing incorrectly so that not everything is being made available to package?

[DJSteins]

The issue is that I noticed the source code I downloaded from check's website differs from that acquired by using sudo apt-get to install check. If you are able to compare these and update the code retrieved by using apt-get to match that of the code from check's website, it would be much appreciated. Nothing is wrong with the source code from check's website by the way.

[brarcher]

Can you identify the changes from the official release on GitHub and that available from your Linux distro? Perhaps downstream is applying some patches that I am unaware of.

If you are able to compare these and update the code retrieved by using apt-get to match that of the code from check's website, it would be much appreciated.

I do not have any control over what code apt-get presents, only the code which is available from GitHub. It may be worth while to ask the Linux distro about any differences.

[DJSteins]

I'm not sure how to contact the Linux distro...

[brarcher]

What Linux distribution are you using? Ubuntu?

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[DJSteins]

Yes

[brarcher]

ubuntu-devel-discuss <http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-devel-discuss> is for developers and users about Ubuntu. That may be a good place to start. https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-devel-discuss

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[zapashcanon]

I guess your package list is not up-to-date, so you're trying to download a version which is not on your mirror anymore, try:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install check

check is in Debian since a really long time, whatever Ubuntu distro you're using, it should be part of it.