From e339872d3d4be43fc7f5059ff6cb402920641ded Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alejandro de Garate Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 02:17:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] CHANGELOG: 2005-08-23 22:01 UTC-0400 - Add linux primer --- harbour/doc/linux1st.txt | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+) create mode 100644 harbour/doc/linux1st.txt diff --git a/harbour/doc/linux1st.txt b/harbour/doc/linux1st.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a089407480 --- /dev/null +++ b/harbour/doc/linux1st.txt @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +/* + * $Id$ + */ + + Linux primer + ============ + +DEBIAN distro +------------- + +Notes by Scott Johnson + +Ok, I finally got something to run. The code I compiled was standard +Clipper 5.2 code pulled directly from a dos/win box and was working +properly there. + +I'm compiling under Debian Sarge which for their own reasons are using +the Alpha Build 44.0. It was installed with the standard apt-get +harbour. I did this to pretty much ensure that the install wasn't +tainted by any of my previous attempts at getting this to work. + +The first thing I checked was for the bld.sh. it didn't exist so I did +the cut/paste thing from this list (thank you) and set out on my +adventure. + +First off, set your environment variables. If you want to set this up +for your shell to do it automagically go for it. That's beyond what I +want to cover here. + +export HB_ARCHITECTURE=linux +export HB_BIN_INSTALL=/usr/bin +export HB_LIB_INSTALL=/usr/lib/harbour +export HB_INC_INSTALL=/usr/include/harbour +export HB_COMPILER=gcc +export HB_GT_LIB=gtcrs + +Since we created the bld.sh from scratch, I dropped it in the /usr/bin +directory where the rest of the harbour binaries exist. + +chmod +x bld.sh + +Now I go to where my actual clipper/harbour source code is. + +The files I have are inv.prg, csrc.prg, cmenu.prg and citem.prg. The +dbf files are already created and exist in the same directory, but +that's just me. I pulled those over with the dos application. + +Next, I issued the following command + +bld.sh inv csrc cmenu citem + +This ran through it's gyrations, made the c source and attempted to link +it. Hey, this is great although it bombed out with an unresolved +external to dbfdbt. Ok, so that's a library. I can do this + +I jumped into the bld.sh file and hunted down the gcc line. It's quite +a ways down into the file, but you'll need to find the one appropriate +for your system (mind was right after the last check for GT_LIB where it +leaves it as gtstd if you don't set something. + +On the gcc line, you'll see a section like "-L$HB_LIB_INSTALL -ldebug" +and so on; add "-ldbfdbt" (without the quotes of course). I added it +right after -lrdd, but I don't know if that's important or not. Maybe +somebody can correct me there. + +After I saved it, I went back and issued the same bld.sh command as I +did above, and lo! It just worked. + +./inv + +As a side note, gtstd is probably not going to be very helpful for you +in linux if you have any SAY/GET's as screen positioning (especially if +you use xterm) won't be handled correctly. Same with gtpca. Gtcrs +seemed to work properly in my environment. + +I know this is pretty sparse as far as any kind of documentation is +concerned, and I might be doing things I don't need to, and not doing +things that make people cringe. It's a start though and maybe some +folks can clean it up a bit and add/remove things that are important. +At least this worked on my particular Debian system. Your mileage may +vary and other distributions will probably have their own setups and +issues. + + + +