Guest almigi Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 (edited) I was reading in the October issue of Linux Format the Seven Cool Linux Projects article, and I became intrigued by Gnome Inform, which is an IDE for the Inform 7 language. The article stated from the project's page on SourceForge includes binaries for most popular Linux distros. This was not the case. :) From the SourceForge page, I went to the project's official page, (http://inform7.com), and found packages for Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch. Of course there is the option to download and compile the code from scratch. However, I'm somewhat of a novice when it comes to compiling source from scratch. I know the standard routine of "./configure, make, and make install" and I also read README and INSTALL files that come in any archive. When I tried to ./configure I was presented a list of missing packages. However, many of these packages I could not find in the Mandriva repositories. So, my questions are: 1. Does anyone know where I can get an RPM for Gnome Inform 7 that works on Mandriva 2009 Spring? Or, 2. Have you successfully compiled Gnome Inform from source and have gotten it to run under Mandriva? If so, can you please go over the necessary steps and what files libraries to install? Thank you. Edited October 10, 2009 by almigi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Never tried to compile it myself. What are the required dependencies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 You can find the required dependencies and compile switches here Overall, it does not look like the cleanest of packages to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest almigi Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 (edited) I asked this same question on the regular Mandriva forums, and someone there said they had success using the Fedora 10 RPM. I tried it, but it initially failed because it couldn't find a dependency in the Mandriva repos. I use the 64 bit Powerpack, and it was looking for the i586 arch of libSDL_sound, which for some reason is missing in the 64 bit mirrors (although several other i586 libraries are present). So, I downloaded the i586 version of libSDL_sound from rpmfind.net, and tried the install again and everything works. Edited October 11, 2009 by almigi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Using 32-bit binaries in a 64-bit system is possible only when you have the whole 32-bit compatibility libs installed, but even in that case their usage isn't a good idea. OK, "it works", but I'd rather opt for a pure 64-bit solution instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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