[bt-devel] bt-devel Digest, Vol 52, Issue 11

Thu Aug 28 13:22:13 MST 2008

I haven't been able to compile BT on 64-bit Kubuntu, 64-bit Sabayon, or
64-bit Arch Linux.  Could it be an x86-64 issue?  I'll try compiling it from
a 32-bit chroot when I get home and update you on its progress.

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 3:00 PM, <bt-devel-request at crosswire.org> wrote:

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>   1. the beta release; my problems with distros and compiling
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>   2. Re: the beta release;     my problems with distros and compiling
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> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:12:08 +0300 (EEST)
> From: Eeli Kaikkonen <eekaikko at mail.student.oulu.fi>
> Subject: [bt-devel] the beta release; my problems with distros and
>        compiling
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> Thanks, Martin, for making the decision of releasing the beta. I feel
> more relaxed now because I don't have to rush with coding. Between some
> difficulties and good moments of my personal life which have kept me
> busy I have tried to set up the new computer.
>
> I got Kubuntu installed but didn't get compiling working. cmake gave an
> error with Qt: it seems to have been compiled with wrong switches. I
> havent' found any help by googling and don't know if I just have
> something wrong or if Kubuntu (64-bit) really has broken packages. Also
> clucene was problematic. I don't know why because it has worked with my
> old computer and Kubuntu.
>
> I tried also OpenSuSe but didn't find packages needed for development.
> Does someone know if there are sword development headers and other
> dependencies packaged? Is there any distro which would have all the
> packages that I could just install them and continue with coding? I
> would rather install a new distro than try to get all libraries working
> manually.
>
>  Yours,
>        Eeli Kaikkonen (Mr.), Oulu, Finland
>        e-mail: eekaikko at mailx.studentx.oulux.fix (with no x)
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:10:15 -0500
> From: "Greg Hellings" <greg.hellings at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [bt-devel] the beta release;       my problems with distros
> and
>        compiling
> To: "BibleTime development" <bt-devel at crosswire.org>
> Message-ID:
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> Eeli,
>
> Here in Ubuntu 64-bit, we're still working with the tastefully named
> libsword6 and libsword6-dev (which is version 1.5.9 build 8... if you
> can find the 6 in there, let me know).  I don't know what version the
> current Bibletime beta expects, but I would imagine it's at least
> 1.5.11, and possibly the current SVN.  That's as likely to be a
> problem with the building as the Qt versions.
>
> Also, the current version of libqt4 on the standard Ubuntu is 4.3.4.
> If BT really does rely on Qt 4.4, and the Qt versions are in sync
> between Ubuntu and Kubuntu, then your problem could just as easily lie
> in that realm.  It's been forever since I did anything with SuSe, so I
> can't even begin to talk about that.
>
> It might be something for the package maintainers to think about.  I
> don't know what 8.10 is planning to contain as far as Qt versions, but
> I sure hope that it has a better outlook on the libsword versions.
>
> --Greg
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Eeli Kaikkonen
> <eekaikko at mail.student.oulu.fi> wrote:
> > Thanks, Martin, for making the decision of releasing the beta. I feel
> > more relaxed now because I don't have to rush with coding. Between some
> > difficulties and good moments of my personal life which have kept me
> > busy I have tried to set up the new computer.
> >
> > I got Kubuntu installed but didn't get compiling working. cmake gave an
> > error with Qt: it seems to have been compiled with wrong switches. I
> > havent' found any help by googling and don't know if I just have
> > something wrong or if Kubuntu (64-bit) really has broken packages. Also
> > clucene was problematic. I don't know why because it has worked with my
> > old computer and Kubuntu.
> >
> > I tried also OpenSuSe but didn't find packages needed for development.
> > Does someone know if there are sword development headers and other
> > dependencies packaged? Is there any distro which would have all the
> > packages that I could just install them and continue with coding? I
> > would rather install a new distro than try to get all libraries working
> > manually.
> >
> >  Yours,
> >        Eeli Kaikkonen (Mr.), Oulu, Finland
> >        e-mail: eekaikko at mailx.studentx.oulux.fix (with no x)
> >
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Dylon Edwards
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