1. Compile Euphoria 4.1 from source
- Posted by Frontier Feb 23, 2014
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Hello,
I am trying to compile OpenEuphoria 4.1 using the source code downloaded from the SCM, on Arch Linux x86_64. I am new to Euphoria and its build system but I understand that a *working* Euphoria interpreter is required so that source files are translated; I have Euphoria 4.0.5 installed using it's AUR package.
The Euphoria source code tree contains an Arch Linux packaging script but I cannot understand how to use it to create a pacman installation package. Is there some documentation or any other helpful posts I should look in order to make it work?
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
2. Re: Compile Euphoria 4.1 from source
- Posted by mattlewis (admin) Feb 24, 2014
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I am trying to compile OpenEuphoria 4.1 using the source code downloaded from the SCM, on Arch Linux x86_64. I am new to Euphoria and its build system but I understand that a *working* Euphoria interpreter is required so that source files are translated; I have Euphoria 4.0.5 installed using it's AUR package.
You should be able to use 4.0.5 to build a 4.1 binary. However, you'll only be able to build a 32-bit version using 4.0. Once you have a working 32-bit 4.1 interpreter, you can use that to build 32 or 64 bit binaries.
The Euphoria source code tree contains an Arch Linux packaging script but I cannot understand how to use it to create a pacman installation package. Is there some documentation or any other helpful posts I should look in order to make it work?
I'm not aware of anything, and a quick search didn't turn up anything obvious. I'm not familiar with Arch. It looks like the euphoria program in that directory builds the PACKAGE.fmt file that I assume gets used with Arch's tools. It has some paths hard coded, so you may need to modify those if you use different paths.
Matt
3. Re: Compile Euphoria 4.1 from source
- Posted by Frontier Feb 24, 2014
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Thank you for your answers.
You should be able to use 4.0.5 to build a 4.1 binary. However, you'll only be able to build a 32-bit version using 4.0. Once you have a working 32-bit 4.1 interpreter, you can use that to build 32 or 64 bit binaries.
I've experienced what you've said already: under Arch x86_64 the 4.1 interpreter segfaults even with the trivial hello world program. I will follow your instructions and build a 4.1 interpreter under an x86 Arch install.
Will it be safe to use the 32-bit 4.1 interpreter to translate the source files under x86 and then transfer them to the x86_64 box in order to build Euphoria 4.1 x86_64 without-euphoria?
If this works, I will provide Arch packages.
4. Re: Compile Euphoria 4.1 from source
- Posted by mattlewis (admin) Feb 24, 2014
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Thank you for your answers.
You should be able to use 4.0.5 to build a 4.1 binary. However, you'll only be able to build a 32-bit version using 4.0. Once you have a working 32-bit 4.1 interpreter, you can use that to build 32 or 64 bit binaries.
I've experienced what you've said already: under Arch x86_64 the 4.1 interpreter segfaults even with the trivial hello world program. I will follow your instructions and build a 4.1 interpreter under an x86 Arch install.
Will it be safe to use the 32-bit 4.1 interpreter to translate the source files under x86 and then transfer them to the x86_64 box in order to build Euphoria 4.1 x86_64 without-euphoria?
Yes, that's what I meant by, "Once you have a working 32-bit 4.1 interpreter, you can use that to build 32 or 64 bit binaries." We should definitely record how to make those packages, though.
Matt