hi wxrubiers firstly - im right in understanding there is no gem for x86_64? failing that i''ve been trying to compile, but am failing because ld cant find lwx_gtk2u_aui-2.8 im on ubuntu (gutsy) and have wx-windows2.8 headers installed as well as libwxbase2.8dev and libwxgtk2.8-dev can anyone help? thanks glenn
Hi Glenn Glenn Davy wrote:> firstly - im right in understanding there is no gem for x86_64? >No, not at the moment - we''d like to offer them but none of the dev team has a suitable machine.> failing that i''ve been trying to compile, but am failing because ld cant find > lwx_gtk2u_aui-2.8 >This is the Wx Advanced User Interface library. It''s part of the core wxwidgets distro but I guess ubuntu/debian doesn''t include it in libwxbase2.8.> im on ubuntu (gutsy) and have wx-windows2.8 headers installed as well as > libwxbase2.8dev and libwxgtk2.8-dev >Are there any likely-looking packages eg libwxaui2.8 offered for gutsy? If not you may need to compile your own wxWidgets 2.8.4. This almost always goes smoothly, although there are a lot of compile-time options. Recommended options for use with wxRuby are here: http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HowToBuildWxWidgets cheers alex
Hi Glenn, I''m curious, are you developing for Ubuntu x86_64 or is that your base operating system. I currently use Ubuntu 7.04 x86_64 as my base OS and then use VMWare Workstation 6.0 to run my virtual development computer. My target development OS is MS XP Professional. So, I have a new XP Pro VM for each project and save the VM for later bug fixes and additions without concern that my development system will change over time and become incompatible with my "old" project. This may not help you at all, but this has worked well for me because VMWare allows me to develop on any OS, 32 or 64 bit versions, for my target client. I think this setup would be an answer to Alex''s problem of not having a development machine running a particular OS. But I may be over simplifying the issue. Bill On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 10:22 +0100, Alex Fenton wrote:> Hi Glenn > > Glenn Davy wrote: > > firstly - im right in understanding there is no gem for x86_64? > > > No, not at the moment - we''d like to offer them but none of the dev team > has a suitable machine. > > failing that i''ve been trying to compile, but am failing because ld cant find > > lwx_gtk2u_aui-2.8 > > > This is the Wx Advanced User Interface library. It''s part of the core > wxwidgets distro but I guess ubuntu/debian doesn''t include it in > libwxbase2.8. > > im on ubuntu (gutsy) and have wx-windows2.8 headers installed as well as > > libwxbase2.8dev and libwxgtk2.8-dev > > > Are there any likely-looking packages eg libwxaui2.8 offered for gutsy? > > If not you may need to compile your own wxWidgets 2.8.4. This almost > always goes smoothly, although there are a lot of compile-time options. > Recommended options for use with wxRuby are here: > > http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HowToBuildWxWidgets > > cheers > alex > > > _______________________________________________ > wxruby-users mailing list > wxruby-users at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wxruby-users
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:04:58 pm Bill Plummer wrote:> Hi Glenn,Hi Bill> > I''m curious, are you developing for Ubuntu x86_64 or is that your base > operating system. I currently use Ubuntu 7.04 x86_64 as my base OS and > then use VMWare Workstation 6.0 to run my virtual development computer. > My target development OS is MS XP Professional. So, I have a new XP Pro > VM for each project and save the VM for later bug fixes and additions > without concern that my development system will change over time and > become incompatible with my "old" project.yeah originally was intended as a 64Xen Dom0, and everything i used was going to be DomU''s, but it hasnt worked out that way, so what i am using is running on bare metal.> > This may not help you at all, but this has worked well for me because > VMWare allows me to develop on any OS, 32 or 64 bit versions, for my > target clientwell it would give me a way to play with wxruby, true enough. btw Im using virtual box on this machine for when i need to virtualise, im liking it more than vmware. but, i get your gist.> . > > I think this setup would be an answer to Alex''s problem of not having a > development machine running a particular OS. But I may be over > simplifying the issue. > > Bill > > On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 10:22 +0100, Alex Fenton wrote: > > Hi Glenn > > > > Glenn Davy wrote: > > > firstly - im right in understanding there is no gem for x86_64? > > > > No, not at the moment - we''d like to offer them but none of the dev team > > has a suitable machine. > > > > > failing that i''ve been trying to compile, but am failing because ld > > > cant find lwx_gtk2u_aui-2.8 > > > > This is the Wx Advanced User Interface library. It''s part of the core > > wxwidgets distro but I guess ubuntu/debian doesn''t include it in > > libwxbase2.8. > > > > > im on ubuntu (gutsy) and have wx-windows2.8 headers installed as well > > > as libwxbase2.8dev and libwxgtk2.8-dev > > > > Are there any likely-looking packages eg libwxaui2.8 offered for gutsy? > > > > If not you may need to compile your own wxWidgets 2.8.4. This almost > > always goes smoothly, although there are a lot of compile-time options. > > Recommended options for use with wxRuby are here: > > > > http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HowToBuildWxWidgets > > > > cheers > > alex > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wxruby-users mailing list > > wxruby-users at rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wxruby-users > > _______________________________________________ > wxruby-users mailing list > wxruby-users at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wxruby-users
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:22:37 pm Alex Fenton wrote:> Hi Glenn > > Glenn Davy wrote: > > firstly - im right in understanding there is no gem for x86_64? > > No, not at the moment - we''d like to offer them but none of the dev team > has a suitable machine.ok - i''ve got a couple of suitable machines here. I dont (yet) know how to make gems, and my C is neglible. Im happy to learn to make gems, but suspect i''ll never make a C programmer. Having said that, is there something i can do to help, by either a) compling binaries, or b) giving ssh access to one of your developers. anyhow, if i can be of use here, contact me off list.> > > failing that i''ve been trying to compile, but am failing because ld cant > > find lwx_gtk2u_aui-2.8 > > This is the Wx Advanced User Interface library. It''s part of the core > wxwidgets distro but I guess ubuntu/debian doesn''t include it in > libwxbase2.8.bumma> > > im on ubuntu (gutsy) and have wx-windows2.8 headers installed as well as > > libwxbase2.8dev and libwxgtk2.8-dev > > Are there any likely-looking packages eg libwxaui2.8 offered for gutsy?well, not that i can find> > If not you may need to compile your own wxWidgets 2.8.4. This almost > always goes smoothly, although there are a lot of compile-time options. > Recommended options for use with wxRuby are here: > > http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HowToBuildWxWidgetsok - will give this a go. will this interfere with any packaged ubuntu wx widgets? thanks glenn> > cheers > alex > > > _______________________________________________ > wxruby-users mailing list > wxruby-users at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wxruby-users
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:22:37 pm Alex Fenton wrote:> Hi GlennHi again alex> > http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HowToBuildWxWidgetson this topic... that article suggests it might be best to build from your distros own source version of wx widgets. are you ( or anyone else able to tell me, once i install libwxbase*dev and libwxgtk*-dev, yes the headers are in /usr/include/wx... but does this also install the source files? and if so where to i find them so i can do a make? if not, what package installs the ubuntu ''source'' version of libwxBla?, or should i just get the wxX11 source off the web site? I notice the debian binaries of wxwidgets are available there (which i''ll install in preference to whats shipped with ubuntu, just to see what gives), but no equivalent for the source. any hints relished. glenn> > cheers > alex > > > _______________________________________________ > wxruby-users mailing list > wxruby-users at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wxruby-users
Glenn Davy wrote:>>> firstly - im right in understanding there is no gem for x86_64? >>> >> No, not at the moment - we''d like to offer them but none of the dev team >> has a suitable machine. >> > > ok - i''ve got a couple of suitable machines here. I dont (yet) know how to > make gems, and my C is neglible. Im happy to learn to make gems, but suspect > i''ll never make a C programmer.No knowledge of C is required - the packaging''s all handled by the Rakefile: rake # build the library strip -x lib/wxruby2.so # optional, but reduces gem size rake gem # bundle a binary gem> Having said that, is there something i can do > to help, by either a) compling binaries, or b) giving ssh access to one of > your developers. anyhow, if i can be of use here, contact me off list. >That''s kind of you, thanks. I''ll drop you a line later.>>> im on ubuntu (gutsy) and have wx-windows2.8 headers installed as well as >>> libwxbase2.8dev and libwxgtk2.8-dev >>> >> Are there any likely-looking packages eg libwxaui2.8 offered for gutsy? >> > > well, not that i can find >Shame. I don''t know why they haven''t included this as I think AUI is (since 2.8) part of the default build of Wx.>> http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HowToBuildWxWidgets >> > > ok - will give this a go. will this interfere with any packaged ubuntu wx > widgets? >That I don''t know - I use Ubuntu but haven''t tried their Wx packages. Do you have other packages installed which depend on wx2.8? Also, what does ''which wx-config'' return on your system at the moment? By default, a standard wx build installs in /usr/local, so I expect you might be able to have multiple versions cohabiting. alex
Glenn Davy wrote:>> http://wxruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HowToBuildWxWidgets >> > > on this topic... > that article suggests it might be best to build from your distros own source > version of wx widgets.I don''t that wxruby page is intended to suggest that - or did you mean a different article? Anyway, I''ve realised it''s got unclear with edits, so I''ll tidy up that page. The question there is just about some of the support libraries (eg libpng, libtiff, libjpeg) of which there are bundled versions included with WxWidgets. The recommendation for distributors is to force the use of the Wx versions, whereas those building for their own use only may want to allow Wx to link to their system versions. if they exist.> are you ( or anyone else able to tell me, once i > install libwxbase*dev and libwxgtk*-dev, yes the headers are > in /usr/include/wx... but does this also install the source files? and if so > where to i find them so i can do a make? if not, what package installs the > ubuntu ''source'' version of libwxBla?,I don''t know the answer to either of these questions, sorry, or even if there is a source package.> or should i just get the wxX11 source > off the web site? >No, don''t use wxX11 - wxWidgets on X11 is very limited compared to GTK. I would simply download the wxGTK source from wxWidgets and build that, if you don''t have any distro packages that depend on the Ubuntu wx packages. alex