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Kyle Pierce | 27 Sep 23:56

WxLua apps on Xandros Linux (eee pc)?

I currently do wxLua development work on a Windows box, but would like to do
wxLua scripting on my eee pc, which comes with Xandros linux (a debian variant).
Has anyone been able to install wxLua on Xandros, or for that matter, on any
Debian linux? It almost installs when I run the install script, but then gives
up because the debian distro of glibc is such an old version. Is there any
workaround for this sort of thing? This is basically what keeps me from doing
more linux development work, so I would really like to solve this problem.

Anyhow, I've been living and breathing Lua and wxLua for a few months now and
it's very nutritious, nutty, and full of chewy goodness.

Thanks,
Kyle

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Francesco Montorsi | 28 Sep 12:39

Re: WxLua apps on Xandros Linux (eee pc)?

Hi,

Kyle Pierce ha scritto:
> I currently do wxLua development work on a Windows box, but would like to do
> wxLua scripting on my eee pc, which comes with Xandros linux (a debian variant).
> Has anyone been able to install wxLua on Xandros, or for that matter, on any
> Debian linux? It almost installs when I run the install script, but then gives
> up because the debian distro of glibc is such an old version. Is there any
> workaround for this sort of thing? 
what's the error message? Which version of glibc do you use?

Francesco

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Kyle Pierce | 28 Sep 17:42

Re: WxLua apps on Xandros Linux (eee pc)?

Francesco Montorsi <f18m_cpp217828@...> writes:

> what's the error message? Which version of glibc do you use?
> 
> Francesco

Here's the message I get from the wxLua installer package:

"Error: Your copy of glibc, a core system library, is too old for this package.
You need at least the following symbols in glibc: GLIBC_2.4."

I believe what's on my machine now is glibc 2.3. I found a post on some forum,
complaining that Debian (or maybe just Xandros) has an old glibc (2.3, I think)
but there was no suggestion of what to do about that. Apparently, you can't 
just copy glibc from one linux to another and expect it to work.

Thanks for asking. I guess lots of eee pc users install Ubuntu or other distro
in order to get things to work, that won't install on Xandros.

Kyle

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Francesco Montorsi | 28 Sep 21:33

Re: WxLua apps on Xandros Linux (eee pc)?

Hi,

Kyle Pierce ha scritto:
> Here's the message I get from the wxLua installer package:
> 
> "Error: Your copy of glibc, a core system library, is too old for this package.
> You need at least the following symbols in glibc: GLIBC_2.4."
> 
> I believe what's on my machine now is glibc 2.3.
yes, a bit old...

> I found a post on some forum,
> complaining that Debian (or maybe just Xandros) has an old glibc (2.3, I think)
> but there was no suggestion of what to do about that. Apparently, you can't 
> just copy glibc from one linux to another and expect it to work.
right. THis is because AFAIK the kernel uses libc, too.

> Thanks for asking. I guess lots of eee pc users install Ubuntu or other distro
> in order to get things to work, that won't install on Xandros.
Doesn't newer versions of Xandros provide newer libc versions?

BTW in any case a good solution is simply to get the sources of wxLua, install 
wxWidgets -dev packages and then compile wxLua yourself. It will require you 
more time but this is surely going to work...

HTH,
Francesco

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Kyle Pierce | 29 Sep 03:43

Re: WxLua apps on Xandros Linux (eee pc)?

Francesco Montorsi <f18m_cpp217828@...> writes:

> 
> Doesn't newer versions of Xandros provide newer libc versions?

nobody seems to be able to find a newer version -- hard to understand.

> 
> BTW in any case a good solution is simply to get the sources of wxLua, install 
> wxWidgets -dev packages and then compile wxLua yourself. It will require you 
> more time but this is surely going to work...

I have just installed a new (and very easy) Ubuntu-eee distro and then installed
WxLua for Linux without any problem at all. So now I'm up and running with WxLua
on my 'toy' PC. That's both a good and lazy solution 

Thanks,
Kyle

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Ryan Pusztai | 28 Sep 05:18

Re: WxLua apps on Xandros Linux (eee pc)?

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Kyle Pierce <kpstarman-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

I currently do wxLua development work on a Windows box, but would like to do
wxLua scripting on my eee pc, which comes with Xandros linux (a debian variant).
Has anyone been able to install wxLua on Xandros, or for that matter, on any
Debian linux? It almost installs when I run the install script, but then gives
up because the debian distro of glibc is such an old version. Is there any
workaround for this sort of thing? This is basically what keeps me from doing
more linux development work, so I would really like to solve this problem.

Anyhow, I've been living and breathing Lua and wxLua for a few months now and
it's very nutritious, nutty, and full of chewy goodness.

It works great on Ubuntu and their derivatives. I can't speak for Xandros.

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Regards,
Ryan
RJP Computing

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John Labenski | 28 Sep 07:54

Re: WxLua apps on Xandros Linux (eee pc)?

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Kyle Pierce <kpstarman@...> wrote:
> I currently do wxLua development work on a Windows box, but would like to do
> wxLua scripting on my eee pc, which comes with Xandros linux (a debian variant).
> Has anyone been able to install wxLua on Xandros, or for that matter, on any
> Debian linux? It almost installs when I run the install script, but then gives
> up because the debian distro of glibc is such an old version. Is there any
> workaround for this sort of thing? This is basically what keeps me from doing
> more linux development work, so I would really like to solve this problem.

What are the errors and messages in config.log? Are you trying to
build both wxWidgets and wxLua or using a prepackaged wxWidgets?

You can also try to use the Makefiles (not running configure) in the
wxLua/apps/XXX/src dirs. You must have the 'wx-config' script that
comes with wxWidgets in your path for them to work.

> Anyhow, I've been living and breathing Lua and wxLua for a few months now and
> it's very nutritious, nutty, and full of chewy goodness.

Glad you like it.

Regards,
    John

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