[PD] gem: can't load library

[Batuhan Bozkurt]

Uh sorry, I've only worked with debian based linux distros and was 
thinking that was a global thing. I was using that for the issues with 
G++ and that "can not build executables" problem.
BB

Agent Engram wrote:
> i am on fedora
>
> here is what about said about build-essential:
>
> Definition: *build-essential*: Informational list of build-essential 
> packages If you do not plan to build Debian packages, you don't need 
> this package. Moreover this package is not required for building 
> Debian packages. This package contains an informational list of 
> packages which are considered essential for building Debian packages.
>
> is gem dependent on debian?
>
> On Jan 6, 2008 11:02 PM, Batuhan Bozkurt <batuhan at batuhanbozkurt.com 
> <mailto:batuhan at batuhanbozkurt.com>> wrote:
>
>     I think you need to install build-essential package.
>     BB
>
>     Agent Engram wrote:
>     > those *are* the things i tried...
>     >
>     >
>     > >download and install pd-extended (which contains both, pd and gem
>     >
>     http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pure-data/Pd-0.39.3-extended-planetccrma6-i386.tar.bz2
>     > this was what I tried to do first.
>     >
>     > basically this required that I go to planet CCRMA rebuild my kernal,
>     > also get jack,
>     > once i did that i tried to run the binaries and got the "floating
>     > point error", pd didnt run at all
>     >
>     > so i decided to get the extended version source code and build
>     that...
>     >
>     >
>     http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pure-data/Pd-0.39.3-extended.tar.bz2
>     >
>     > it built with th following installs added
>     > yum install autoconf
>     > yum install tcl
>     > yum install tk
>     > yum install tcl-devel
>     > yum install tk-devel
>     >
>     > well that got pd running, but gem is failing. so did the extended
>     > source build gem or not? are more devel packages required that I
>     missed?
>     >
>     > >download the gem binaries from the gem site
>     > the only site I know of is http://gem.iem.at/ is this what you are
>     > talking about? I dont not see *gem binaries for linux* on
>     windows, in
>     > fact they recommend on the site building gem, but its my
>     understanding
>     > that this comes with pd extended, which I built, and which is not
>     > loading the gem libs.
>     >
>     > so i have now tried to build gem and it fails during configure
>     because
>     > it *seems* to not know how to build using gcc...wierd. who uses
>     g++, i
>     > dont even know how to get it.
>     >
>     > [root at aalto src]# autoconf configure.ac <http://configure.ac>
>     <http://configure.ac>>configure
>     > [root at aalto src]# chmod 777 configure
>     > [root at aalto src]# ./configure
>     > checking for Base/configLinux.h.in... yes
>     > checking for g++... no
>     > checking for c++... no
>     > checking for gpp... no
>     > checking for aCC... no
>     > checking for CC... no
>     > checking for cxx... no
>     > checking for cc++... no
>     > checking for cl... no
>     > checking for FCC... no
>     > checking for KCC... no
>     > checking for RCC... no
>     > checking for xlC_r... no
>     > checking for xlC... no
>     > checking for C++ compiler default output file name... configure:
>     > error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
>     > See `config.log' for more details.
>     >
>     > this is driving me a little crazy.
>     >
>     >
>     > On Jan 6, 2008 9:09 PM, Roman Haefeli <reduzierer at yahoo.de
>     <mailto:reduzierer at yahoo.de>
>     > <mailto:reduzierer at yahoo.de <mailto:reduzierer at yahoo.de>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 19:13 -0800, Agent Engram wrote:
>     >     > i figured out how to build pd, i needed the tcl-devel stuff.
>     >     >
>     >     > i was hoping that Gem built with it but alas that would be too
>     >     easy.
>     >
>     >     gem is an external and not part of pd.
>     >
>     >     > when I run: pd -lib gem i get...
>     >     > gem: can't load library
>     >     >
>     >     because there is no gem installed.
>     >
>     >     > so do I have to build Gem? that is a major pain in linux...
>     >
>     >     this has nothing to do with linux. Gem is an extension, that
>     provides
>     >     additional funcionality to pd, which isn't in the focus of
>     puredata
>     >     itself. this is completely unrelated to the operating
>     system. in fact,
>     >     there are many ways to get Gem without having to build it.
>     >
>     >     - download the gem binaries from the gem site
>     >     - install a gem-package from your distro (i know that debian
>     based
>     >     distros include gem)
>     >     - download and install pd-extended (which contains both, pd and
>     >     gem, and
>     >     a lot of other externals)
>     >
>     >     just in case you decide to build gem yourself, don't forget
>     to install
>     >     also the dev-package for each dependecy.
>     >
>     >     roman
>     >
>     >
>     >
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