[Vm-dev] Cog on linux

[Rob Withers]

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From: "Rob Withers" <reefedjib at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:08 PM
To: "Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion" 
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Subject: Re: [Vm-dev] Cog on linux

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> From: "Levente Uzonyi" <leves at elte.hu>
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:44 PM
> To: "Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion"
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> Subject: Re: [Vm-dev] Cog on linux
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>> On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Rob Withers wrote:
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>>> From: "Casey Ransberger" <casey.obrien.r at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:10 PM
>>> To: "Squeak Virtual Machine Development Discussion"
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>>> Subject: Re: [Vm-dev] Cog on linux
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>>>> I think you just need libasound
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>>> Ok guys, I am working on it with my webhost.  I am not sure how I can
>>> install an RPM on their box, so I submitted a ticket.
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>> Actually I don't think that any sound plugin would work, because the
>> 32-bit binaries will not be available. But you don't need sound at all on
>> a server, do you?
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> You lost me on 32-bit binaries not being available.  I found
> alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 and I am preparing to build it.
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> My error said:
> /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/libasound.so when searching
> for -lasound
> /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/libasound.a when searching
> for -lasound
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> So it looks like I need a .so and a .a file.  As rusty as I am on building
> for unix, are these static libs or shared libs?  I do need to figure out 
> how
> to cross compile to a 32bit system.  I am researching this for the right
> target.  I need i386-linux or something.  I am attaching the config.guess
> file they use for this.  Can anyone give me a helpful hand what I should
> specify doing ...
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>        './configure --enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes --target=i386-linux'
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Damn!  I can't figure out how to change the install path to other than 
/usr/include, etc.  I can't write to those directories.  I am stuck.

> Regarding your observation that I don't need sound on a server, that is 
> spot
> on.  It may be too entangled for the time being.

Is it possible to unentangle sound?

Thanks,
Rob

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> Cheers,
> Rob
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>> Levente
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>>> Thanks,
>>> Rob
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