Re: how to install Alire ada on Linux?

["Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>]

On 12/28/2022 2:07 AM, Rod Kay wrote:
> Hi Nasser.
> 
> Perhaps try ...
> 
> $ pacaur -S gprbuild
> $ pacaur -S alire
> 

Fyi,

I tried the second command above and that seems to work with no errors

pacaur -S alire
....
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: alire 1.2.1-2 (Wed 28 Dec 2022 03:25:34 AM CST)
==> Cleaning up...
:: Installing alire package(s)...
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) alire-1.2.1-2

Total Installed Size:  17.90 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                              [######################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                            [######################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                 [######################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                           [######################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                                         [######################################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) installing alire                                                                      [######################################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
:: gprbuild is now an orphan package
>


I do not understand what "gprbuild is now an orphan package" mean.

>which alr
/usr/bin/alr
>alr --version
alr 1.2.1
>


does the above mean now I have Ada installed on Linux? or
pacaur -S gprbuild must finish successfully also?

I have to now try alr to find out. First time I install it, brand new.

Thanks
--Nasser