[Vm-dev] Cog on linux

[Levente Uzonyi]

On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Rob Withers wrote:

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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 
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>> 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.

Try ./configure --help or check if you can pass a parameter to make. If 
none of those work, check if you can change it by setting an environment 
variable.
I think it's better if you build the VM without sound first. And if you 
have spare time then try to build a plugin for sound playback.


Levente

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>> Regarding your observation that I don't need sound on a server, that is 
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>> on.  It may be too entangled for the time being.
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> Is it possible to unentangle sound?
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> Thanks,
> Rob
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>> Cheers,
>> Rob
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>>> Levente
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>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rob
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