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Andrew · Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:15 pm Post subject: Compiling Howto

OK, just thought I'v give a description of how I compile apps on Xandros:

here's basically what I do:
Extract the tarball (right click in Xandros file manager, choose Extract All), and double click on the new folder.
In Xandros File Manager click on Tools |Open console window
now run:
./configure
make
su
type in admin password
make install

Now this is a pretty simplistic view of it, if it were that easy everyone would do it (and I wish it was that easy). In reality your going to get errors, and your not going to know what the heck they mean....
So what you do is; copy the error message into google, and see what others have done when receiving that error, what your looking for is someone saying, "when you get that error you need to install the xxx-dev package", then you go into Xandros Networks enable the Debian Unsupported Site, under Edit |Set Application Sources, and do a search fo xxx-dev (you'll need to go into expert mode for this) and install it...

Here some packages to install, right of the bat:

C/C++ Development Tools
KDE Development Tools
xlibs-dev
libqt3-mt-dev
libgtk2.0-dev

Note: if it says it can't find QT, I add the following to the configure command:
-with-qt-includes=/usr/include/qt3

I hope this helps someone, please ask questions when/if you have them.

--Andrew
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jimh76_99 · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:22 am Post subject:

I'm trying to install PCB from tarred source.
When I try to run ./configure I get a "no such file or directory" bash error. Is there something else I need to install first before I try to compile this application?
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jsliger · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:57 am Post subject:

jimh76_99 · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject:

I was trying to install 1.6.3p, downloaded from the PCB Sourceforge site. I'll try the Debian unsupported repository on XN.
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Andrew · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:51 pm Post subject:

Can you provide a link so I can try to duplicate?
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jsliger · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:31 pm Post subject:

Andrew,

Try this link.... lot's of stuff when you try to install. Hope you can help!

http://bach.ece.jhu.edu/~haceaton/pcb/

--JS Very Happy

tlyoungb · Xplorer Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 15

I am trying to get the wireless networking card for my notebook to work. I have looked at that section on networking, and wireless stuff, but man alive. I can't believe all the crap you have to do to get the wireless card to work. Oh My Gosh. And the steps. I have seen more Steps 1, 2, and 3, and see how simple it is. I have yet to see how simple it is. What happen to put the cd in the drive and bang load the drivers and your off.

I don't know I just ain't giving up though. I have a WPC54GS Linksys Wireless network card in my Compaq 2529CL Laptop. The software works great. Xandros found all my hardware even the onboard network card which I am using now. But this Wireless is just don't want to work. Is there any SIMPLE STEP BY STEP NO LONG WINDED EXPLAINATION on how to get this card to work? I am usint the Xandros 2.0 Cicurlation. I don't know what version the kernel is or what build it is. How do I get this information to put in the lnk command.

Thanks,

Tlyoungb

mike80808 · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject:

That's a shame that you have a WiFi card that your vendor offers no Linux support at all. Perhaps you should make that a requirement before you go buy whatever's cheapest this week at WorstBuy, OK?

However, lots of people have worked very hard to reverse-engineer a solution for you.

Searching http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ for you, we find the following: link

strangefruit · Xplorer Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Nigeria

I am using Xandors OC 3.0 and I am just wondering is it possible that as a clean install it is not (meant) the easiest to compile anything on. I have been more than suprised by the omission of php and mysql etc. things which I would have thought were basic for anyone with a web interest ... With a clean install I get problems with compiling everything usually indicating that gcc and no acceptable c++ can be found? Is this the way it is meant to be?

rgds,
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aldube · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject:

Compiling stuff wouldn't be too bad if were not for all the dependencies and all of the dependencies dependencies.

First of all; you need the tools in the Development section of Xandros Networks installed.

Before you compile; make sure the you read the information files and do a:
./configure --help
before a
./configure
to make sure you have all the options you want selected.

If you need a dependency try looking & intalling the DEB version from Xandros Networks before trying to compile a dependency from source code; less applications will break this way.
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strangefruit · Xplorer Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Nigeria

Well, was trying not to grouch but it would be useful if there was a more comprehensive intro document that points one in all the directions one may wish to go - the games are limited, no web editors - (unless you count OO or Kwrite?), and then all the warnings here about how xyz may break your computer - phew! The picture viewer is basic, very, nothing like freeware IrfanView on Windows, etc etc. I thought Linux country was a little more 'Wild West' than this.
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davidalun · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Mmmn!

strangefruit · Xplorer Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Nigeria

Hello again,

having made some progress with an alien install of mysql, I would now like to move up to apache 2 (from 1.3 in the Open Circulation release). Would appreciate some advice on how to remove 1.3 and install 2.0.54.

Also the Php install file constantly refers to the following : httpd module and apxs, and I am at a loss to know exactly which is the top level apache install directory, can find nothing like apxs, and I am not really sure how to proceed with the php install directions. Would appreciate some hand-holding as an alien install of an rpm does not work for php.

TIA,
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woodsmoke · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:08 am Post subject:

Strangefruit

Hi, I just noticed your number of posts and thought I would welcome you to the forum...

Welcome to the friendliest forum on the net!

You're way beyond me on this, or I would try to help out, but instead, again, welcome!

ain't xandros great!
woodsmoke
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strangefruit · Xplorer Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Nigeria

Thanks woodsmoke for the welcome ... appreciated.

We are looking to move fully to linux systems at home and I am trying to make sure we can cope as we do need to be online asap ... (of course I'm also looking to have SUSE on a laptop but Xandros will rule the roost.

Xandros I got off a PC mag (!) and it has been quite a real revelation considering that I have tried different flavours of red hat and even corel linux (never installed right) ... Generally easy to install (and reinstall)

To the future ... we all need an interesting challenge

rgds,
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