Re: Compile on linux

[Derek Seabury <Derek.Seabury@speechworks.com>]

There are a few hurdles for us to get up and running on Linux right now. 
The first is the make files which are not in great shape as delivered,
the second is a problem in some of the headers that were unintentionally
made more NT specific than we intended.  We are actively working on
these and other issues and I'll keep you posted on when we may have updates.

/Derek

Douglas Gould wrote:

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one here.  I tried building on linux last week but havn't been very successful.

vincent ribiere wrote:

3) Do you have any general tips/recommendations when compiling/using OpenVXI on Linux ?
    Did you compile/test OpenVXI on Linux ?
    I encountered the following issues so far:
    - The fix_makefile_ref.pl does not exist. Should I use fix_js_make.pl ?
    - Most Makefile.unix files are empty in ./browser/src (I see that ./browser/src/tel is not).
    Is it intentional ? If not where can I get the makefiles ?

Look closely at the .../browser/doc/build.html to get SpiderMonkey compiled.  I seem to recall adding JS_THREADSAFE = 1 to .../JavaScriptEngine/SpiderMonkey/js/src/config/Linux_All.mk and correcting the paths in Makefile.ref to point to the real location of the nbsp libs and includes.

Pretty much all the Makefile.unix files were empty in the distributon I picked up. There is a configure script (.../browser/src/configure).  I had to do the following to get the Makefiles generated:

1. Delete .../browser/src/config.cache
2. create a .../browser/src/install-sh ( mine does a exit 0 at this point )
3. run configure

After running configure there will be Makefiles in all the src directories.  Actual compilation is where my real problems began.  Good luck on getting something useful compiled. See the quotation from ".../browser/doc/build.html"

Note: The Linux build system is currently under development. A nice automake/autoconf
will be coming soon. Until then the procedure below MAY work.

I've put my efforts on hold for the present.
 

Cheers,

Doug

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Douglas Gould - gould@nortelnetworks.com

 

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S. Derek Seabury
Marketing Manager, Emerging Technologies
SpeechWorks International
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