# Asking for sudo password, from pkgconfig? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\ **Created:** [February 19, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asking-for-sudo-password-from-pkgconfig/239267 "2014-02-19T18:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asking-for-sudo-password-from-pkgconfig/239267/1 "2014-02-19T18:44:20Z")
When building ruby-gnome2, some of the packages ask/attempt to install an RPM if it finds something missing. It will prompt for password for sudo to do this. On the system I am using, I do not want it to do this, as I don’t have the libraries and don’t need these. I know I could just delete those packages before I do the build, but is there any flag or setting I could use to disable this behavior? If not, I think it would be helpful, possibly a flag that disables the automatic installation of RPM, and just spit out as an error what RPMs in thinks should be installed. I started looking at how this was working, is this being done in the pkgconfig gem? ---
**Author:** ![grantspeelman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@grantspeelman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grantspeelman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asking-for-sudo-password-from-pkgconfig/239267/2 "2014-03-09T05:17:12Z")
Hi, In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) “[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] Asking for sudo password, from pkgconfig?” on Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:44:21 +0100, Grant S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > When building ruby-gnome2, some of the packages ask/attempt to install > an RPM if it finds something missing. It will prompt for password for > sudo to do this. > I know I could just delete those packages before I do the build, but is > there any flag or setting I could use to disable this behavior? No. There is no flag to disable this behavior. > If not, I think it would be helpful, possibly a flag that disables the > automatic installation of RPM, and just spit out as an error what RPMs > in thinks should be installed. How way do you like? Is using environment variable good? > I started looking at how this was working, is this being done in the > pkgconfig gem? No. It is implemented in Ruby-GNOME2. See the following codes: [ruby-gnome/glib2/ext/glib2/extconf.rb at main · ruby-gnome/ruby-gnome · GitHub](https://github.com/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/blob/master/glib2/ext/glib2/extconf.rb#L19) [ruby-gnome/glib2/lib/mkmf-gnome2.rb at main · ruby-gnome/ruby-gnome · GitHub](https://github.com/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/blob/master/glib2/lib/mkmf-gnome2.rb#L531) [ruby-gnome/glib2/lib/mkmf-gnome2.rb at main · ruby-gnome/ruby-gnome · GitHub](https://github.com/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/blob/master/glib2/lib/mkmf-gnome2.rb#L454) ## Thanks, kou ---
**Author:** ![grantspeelman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@grantspeelman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grantspeelman)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/asking-for-sudo-password-from-pkgconfig/239267/3 "2014-09-01T20:53:57Z")
Sorry for the long delay, got side tracked with work… :\> Kouhei S. wrote in post #1139276: > Hi, > > In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > “[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] Asking for sudo password, from pkgconfig?” on > Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:44:21 +0100, > Grant S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > When building ruby-gnome2, some of the packages ask/attempt to install > > an RPM if it finds something missing. It will prompt for password for > > sudo to do this. > > > I know I could just delete those packages before I do the build, but is > > there any flag or setting I could use to disable this behavior? > > No. There is no flag to disable this behavior. > > > If not, I think it would be helpful, possibly a flag that disables the > > automatic installation of RPM, and just spit out as an error what RPMs > > in thinks should be installed. > > How way do you like? Is using environment variable good? An environment variable would be great. > > I started looking at how this was working, is this being done in the > > pkgconfig gem? > > No. It is implemented in Ruby-GNOME2. See the following codes: > > > > > > ## Thanks, > > kou