1. Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by Thomas Mar 24, 2009
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Hi
I just downloaded euphoria-4.0a3.tar.gz
This is the output from exu
exu: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by exu) exu: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by exu) Trying to configure compile also fail sh ./configure ./configure: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `elif' ./configure: line 8: `elif echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | grep MINGW; then
The system is Debian 4.0
How do i solve this.
~tj
2. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Mar 24, 2009
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Can you try to use bash ./configure and see if that allows configure to run?
Also, can you try a eubin binary? http://jeremy.cowgar.com/eubins/linux
I think for binaries on Linux, we are going to have to build for distribution, not one generic Linux binary 
I know others do it, but I am not sure how. For instance, if you download Adobe AcroReader. Does anyone have an idea on how to create a binary on Linux that works anywhere on Linux?
Jeremy
3. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by Thomas Mar 24, 2009
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Can you try to use bash ./configure and see if that allows configure to run?
No luck
Also, can you try a eubin binary? http://jeremy.cowgar.com/eubins/linux
eu40-1537 works!
Thank you. ~tj
4. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Mar 24, 2009
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Where eubins is compiled is a Debian box. The download on SF.net was created on a Ubuntu box. So, it's clear we need to do something to make a more cross-distribution friendly download, if possible. The final versions are going to be distributed with pre-translated source, so you can compile w/o having Euphoria installed, but I still wonder about different Linux distributions.
May be there is no real way to do it and we must develop packages for each of the 5 billion linux distributions, starting with the top 5 of course 
Jeremy
5. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by bernie Mar 24, 2009
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sh ./configure ./configure: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `elif' ./configure: line 8: `elif echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | grep MINGW; then
Jeremy:
The above says unexpected token `ELIF'
Should that be unexpected token `ELSIF' ??
6. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Mar 24, 2009
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sh ./configure ./configure: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `elif' ./configure: line 8: `elif echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | grep MINGW; then
Jeremy:
The above says unexpected token `ELIF'
Should that be unexpected token `ELSIF' ??
Bash is strange, a valid if statement in Bash is like
RESULT=1
if [ "$RESULT" -eq "0" ]; then
echo Zero
elif [ "$RESULT" -eq "1" ]; then
echo One
fi
Notice especially the "end if" is "fi"... Not sure who decided on that one 
The configure script works fine on Ubuntu, ArchLinux, Debian and OS X. I have not tested on others.
Thomas, what Distribution are you on and what does sh version say? You should be able to just run ./configure no need for sh ./configure or anything.
Jeremy
7. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by Thomas Mar 24, 2009
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Thomas, what Distribution are you on and what does sh version say? You should be able to just run ./configure no need for sh ./configure or anything.
I'v just rented a vps box somwhere one the wild web. ./configure only says /bin/sh^M unknown command Debin 4.0 / Confixx 3.3.3 Bundle GNU bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. That's about everything i know about *knix
8. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Mar 24, 2009
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Thomas, what Distribution are you on and what does sh version say? You should be able to just run ./configure no need for sh ./configure or anything.
I'v just rented a vps box somwhere one the wild web.
./configure only says /bin/sh^M unknown command
Oh! That answers it all. Hm. configure is somehow terminated with CRLF not just LF. Unix will not handle that at all. Was this from a downloaded .zip file, .tar.gz or copied from another source?
I think maybe instead of setting the line endings as Native on all files as was recently decided upon, we should mandate LF on some files such as configure and other files that are strictly Unix related.
I am still curious where you got the configure from, to see if it was a problem in the distribution or some other difficulty. To fix your immediate problem, you can run dos2unix configure, if your unix box has that, and it should fix the problem.
Jeremy
9. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by jimcbrown (admin) Mar 24, 2009
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Where eubins is compiled is a Debian box. The download on SF.net was created on a Ubuntu box. So, it's clear we need to do something to make a more cross-distribution friendly download, if possible. The final versions are going to be distributed with pre-translated source, so you can compile w/o having Euphoria installed, but I still wonder about different Linux distributions.
May be there is no real way to do it and we must develop packages for each of the 5 billion linux distributions, starting with the top 5 of course
Jeremy
Remember that all modern distros and kernels are backwards compatible iwth binaries built on earlier versions, but the reverse is not true. We do not have forward compatibility. Binaries built on/for future kernels, distros, or libcs do not necessarily work on older versions.
Therefore, one solution is to get Debian Potato - 2.2 linux kernel with glibc 2.0 - and build the linux eubins there. The resulting binaries should then run on any later kernel/distro/version of glibc. The lowest common demoninator.
10. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by jeremy (admin) Mar 24, 2009
- 863 views
Remember that all modern distros and kernels are backwards compatible iwth binaries built on earlier versions, but the reverse is not true. We do not have forward compatibility. Binaries built on/for future kernels, distros, or libcs do not necessarily work on older versions.
Therefore, one solution is to get Debian Potato - 2.2 linux kernel with glibc 2.0 - and build the linux eubins there. The resulting binaries should then run on any later kernel/distro/version of glibc. The lowest common demoninator.
Ok, great. That is what I will do starting with beta 1.
Jeremy
11. Re: Can't install compile Euphoria-4.0a!
- Posted by Thomas Mar 24, 2009
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I am still curious where you got the configure from, to see if it was a problem in the distribution or some other difficulty. To fix your immediate problem, you can run dos2unix configure, if your unix box has that, and it should fix the problem.
Jeremy
{{{ A little candle light up just after i pressed the send button. And no there is no dos2unix or svn om the vps. just zipped the source from my xp repo. After converting to unix with Crimson and sftp it work as expected. }} ~tj
