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help with installing allegro in linux |
flares
Member #3,463
April 2003
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I been trying to install allegro on a linux machine and it just won't give its an old laptop with vector linux on it. i unpacked it with tar -xzvf and then run ./fix.sh unix --quick and then ./configure and the configure just keeps on going and going and going it ran for about 4hrs and I thought it had been compiling, when the configure script runs I saw something about --recheck --no-recursive does that have anything to do with it?. please help [nonnus29]Plus the api is crap ... I'd rather chew broken glass then code with those. |
razor
Member #2,256
April 2002
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Version of allegro, and linux distro? Whoooo Oregon State University |
HoHo
Member #4,534
April 2004
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You could try fix without quick but I doubt it's the problem. I've installed allegro on different versions of linux tens of times and only gcc 4.0.0beta in FC4 test2 gave some minor trouble. __________ |
Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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I think there used to be a bug where the configure script would get stuck in an infinite loop if some libraries are not available. Should have been fixed a while back though. So yeah, what version of Allegro? |
flares
Member #3,463
April 2003
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i tried 4.1.18, 4.2 beta I have yet to tried the 4.0.3, and the problem is exactly what you said evert it seems like its stuck in an infinate loop, the distro is Vector linux, which is based on slackware. [nonnus29]Plus the api is crap ... I'd rather chew broken glass then code with those. |
Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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Can you interrupt the configure run and post the output before the restart? I'm curious to know what causes this. |
flares
Member #3,463
April 2003
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sure here it is checking for gcc... gcc Package jack was not found in the pkg-config search path. [nonnus29]Plus the api is crap ... I'd rather chew broken glass then code with those. |
Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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Hmm... it was jack the last time too, if I remember correctly. I thought it was fixed... In the meantime, I'm forwarding this to the mailinglist. Thanks for reporting. |
flares
Member #3,463
April 2003
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no problem, i'll try what you said, I don't have the laptop with me at the moment. Also I guess I can start compiling allegro and reporting errors, I always wanted to help with the development of allegro, since I also have all sorts of machines to test on i got xp, linux, the only thing I need is a mac. [nonnus29]Plus the api is crap ... I'd rather chew broken glass then code with those. |
Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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Elias, on the mailing list, said: I remember it, and it happened to me as well - I don't think we ever
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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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last time (probably back around 4.0.3 being new) i compiled it on linux (mandrake) it did a loop like that. It repeated itself 3 times then stopped, and then i could run make |
flares
Member #3,463
April 2003
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I tryied 4.0.3 and it work like a charm, the only problem I had was figuring out how to use allegro-config script but other than that it work fine. I'll keep on trying and see why it is that it loops and if I figured why i'll post it to the mailing list. [nonnus29]Plus the api is crap ... I'd rather chew broken glass then code with those. |
Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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If you can, try to find out which WIP version first shows the problem. It will help in narrowing down the list of suspects. EDIT: or, if the machine is connected to the internet and you feel comfortable with that, create a second user account and send me the information so I can login remotely on the machine and try to compile Allegro myself to figure out what the problem is. |
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