1. ping! Matt Lewis - Debian, Ubuntu
Matt, could you put some special instructions for Debian and Debian-derived
distros like Ubuntu either on your wxEuphoria website or in the install.txt that
comes with wxEuphoria or both?
So far I received at least 3 emails about dmak from people with Debian/Ubuntu
related problems.
2. Re: ping! Matt Lewis - Debian, Ubuntu
Jerry Story wrote:
>
> Matt, could you put some special instructions for Debian and Debian-derived
> distros like Ubuntu either on your wxEuphoria website or in the install.txt
> that comes with wxEuphoria or both?
>
> So far I received at least 3 emails about dmak from people with Debian/Ubuntu
> related problems.
OK. How was it resolved? I haven't had a chance to try messing with symlinks
or otherwise debug so loading problems.
Matt Lewis
3. Re: ping! Matt Lewis - Debian, Ubuntu
Matt Lewis wrote:
> OK. How was it resolved? I haven't had a chance to try messing with
> symlinks or otherwise debug so loading problems.
>
> Matt Lewis
Actually two problems. The first problem was the xterm problem and it was solved
by 'export TERM=ansi'.
The second problem was
"The wxEuphoria library "wxeu.so" could not be opened."
(wxeu.so was in the right place)
I did not yet receive confirmation of your solution to this problem.
(Maybe they don't want to go to too much trouble just to make a program work.)
4. Re: ping! Matt Lewis - Debian, Ubuntu
Jerry Story wrote:
>
> Matt Lewis wrote:
> > OK. How was it resolved? I haven't had a chance to try messing with
> > symlinks or otherwise debug so loading problems.
> >
> > Matt Lewis
>
> Actually two problems. The first problem was the xterm problem and it was
> solved
> by 'export TERM=ansi'.
>
> The second problem was
> "The wxEuphoria library "wxeu.so" could not be opened."
> (wxeu.so was in the right place)
>
> I did not yet receive confirmation of your solution to this problem.
> (Maybe they don't want to go to too much trouble just to make a program work.)
OK. I'll look into the so issue some more to see what the problem is.
Has anyone else had problems with wxEuphoria on a Debian-based distro?
Or any other distros, I suppose. I suspect it's a similar problem to
what Bernie's been dealing with...
Matt Lewis
5. Re: ping! Matt Lewis - Debian, Ubuntu
Matt Lewis wrote:
>
> Jerry Story wrote:
> >
> > Matt Lewis wrote:
> > > OK. How was it resolved? I haven't had a chance to try messing with
> > > symlinks or otherwise debug so loading problems.
> > >
> > > Matt Lewis
> >
> > Actually two problems. The first problem was the xterm problem and it was
> > solved
> > by 'export TERM=ansi'.
> >
> > The second problem was
> > "The wxEuphoria library "wxeu.so" could not be opened."
> > (wxeu.so was in the right place)
> >
> > I did not yet receive confirmation of your solution to this problem.
> > (Maybe they don't want to go to too much trouble just to make a program
> > work.)
>
>
> OK. I'll look into the so issue some more to see what the problem is.
> Has anyone else had problems with wxEuphoria on a Debian-based distro?
> Or any other distros, I suppose. I suspect it's a similar problem to
> what Bernie's been dealing with...
>
> Matt Lewis
I did a little investigation on this problem some time ago. Here it is again, if
you missed it:
Matt Lewis wrote:
>
> Jerry Story wrote:
> >
> > I got an email from a guy who has trouble running dmak.
> > The facts are as follows:
> > * He is running Ubuntu Linux.
> > * He is getting a message saying that wxeu.so is not being read.
> > * wxeu.so is installed in /usr/lib
> > * He says according to strace, it looks like it is being read.
> > * He found on EUforum a suggestion from Matt Lewis to build wxEuphoria with
> > patches.
> > * He wants to know if this is a good idea.
> > * If so, he wants to know how to do it.
> > * He is not thrilled with his first experience with Euphoria/wxEuphoria.
> >
> > * In the linux.com article, dmak "worked flawlessly on Ubuntu".
> >
> > What should I tell him?
>
> I can't use the supplied wxeu.so on my coLinux Debian box, and have to
> build separately, so I know his pain. I don't know why this doesn't
> work. On Linux it shouldn't be too difficult to rebuild from source.
> You need the wxWidgets 2.4.2 source, then apply the patches. From
> the base directory where you unpacked the source:
>
> $ ./configure --with-gtk
> $ make
>
> There will be a .so in the lib/ directory (something like libwxgtk24.so).
> That needs to be copied to /usr/lib/wxeu.so.
>
> Matt Lewis
Sorry for the mangled message. It should have read:
> He could also try running ldd /usr/lib/wxeu.so. It should complain if not
> all libraries needed are installed.
I downloaded wxeu.so and ran ldd on it. Result:
$ ldd wxeu.so
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libgtk-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0 (0xb79c6000)
libgdk-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-1.2.so.0 (0xb7990000)
libgmodule-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-1.2.so.0 (0xb798d000)
libgthread-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-1.2.so.0 (0xb798a000)
libglib-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0 (0xb7964000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7950000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb794c000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb7944000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7936000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb786b000)
libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb7846000)
libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0xb7825000)
libtiff.so.3 => not found
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7811000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb77ec000)
libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 (0xb7732000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7727000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb75f0000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
That is, libtiff.so.3 is missing. Seeing that libtiff.so.3 wasn't included in
debian, I googled a bit and found the following:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/07/msg00065.html
"Version 3.6.1
is the last version of libtiff that will be released as libtiff.so.3.
(To be complete: programs that only use the "TIFF" type, and not the
"TIFFRGBAImage" type, will most likely continue to work properly with
either version of the library. There are a few other minor changes,
but they may or may not impact the public ABI.)"
That is, it's not really a debian problem, the problem is that wxeuphoria is
built with an old and obsolete version of libtiff.
You could try the following:
1. symlinking libtiff.so.4 to libtiff.so.3 (ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4
/usr/lib/libt
iff.so.3)
2. get a copy of libtiff3g from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/tiff/
and install it with dpkg -i.
3. download the package files of 3.6.1-5 from
http://snapshot.debian.net/libtiff4, build the package manually, and install it.
(note that the two last solutions may be dangerous)
Regards, Alexander Toresson
6. Re: ping! Matt Lewis - Debian, Ubuntu
Alexander Toresson wrote:
>
> Matt Lewis wrote:
> >
> > OK. I'll look into the so issue some more to see what the problem is.
> > Has anyone else had problems with wxEuphoria on a Debian-based distro?
> > Or any other distros, I suppose. I suspect it's a similar problem to
> > what Bernie's been dealing with...
> >
> > Matt Lewis
>
> I did a little investigation on this problem some time ago. Here it is again,
> if you missed it:
>
<snipped>
Thanks, I'll try it out...
Matt Lewis
7. Re: ping! Matt Lewis - Debian, Ubuntu
> Matt, could you put some special instructions for
> Debian and Debian-derived distros like Ubuntu either
> on your wxEuphoria website or in the install.txt
> that comes with wxEuphoria or both?
>
> So far I received at least 3 emails about dmak from
> people with Debian/Ubuntu related problems.
>
Matt, if you need help with this issue please let me
know. I would be happy to write a "how-to" on the
fastest way to solve this problem. I can have that
info for you by tomorrow late afternoon. (5:00pm est)
--
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http://www.techport80.com
PHP Software developer for hire.
