FB 0.20 +Ubuntu 8.10 64 - the easy way

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afecelis
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FB 0.20 +Ubuntu 8.10 64 - the easy way

Post by afecelis »

Hi guys,
After reading and trying several of the methods suggested here to get Freebasic working on ubuntu 8.10 64 bits, I found the following one to be the easiest and quickest, and works perfectly fine.

Here are the steps:
1. Download the latest Freebasic available, normal install, not standalone:
http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourcefo ... nux.tar.gz
Uncompress it and follow the instructions in the readme.txt to install it. Basically, all you gotta do is open up a terminal in your uncompressed folder and type in:
sudo ./install.sh -i
After installing you should be able to open up a terminal and type in "fbc -version" to see which version of the compiler you got. But if you try to compile any .bas file you'll get missing libraries errors. So here comes the solution.

2. Download and install the "getlibs" deb file, which installs the required 32 bit libraries on your 64 bit system. Download it here (BTW, thanks to Cappy for his wonderful deb file; it really does a great job and simplifies the library installation process to the max):
http://www.boundlesssupremacy.com/Cappy ... bs-all.deb
Just double click on it and it and follow the installation steps.

3. Now, the libraries that were missing in my system for freebasic to compile code properly were installed by opening up a terminal and typing:
sudo getlibs -p libxpm-dev
then:
sudo getlibs -p libxrandr-dev
then:
sudo getlibs -p libxrender-dev
and finally:
sudo getlibs -p libncurses5-dev
4. To round things up, and to avoid the libncurses error, also install:
sudo apt-get install lib32ncurses5
and
sudo apt-get install lib32ncurses5-dev
After that, no more library errors when compiling .bas files with freebasic!! :D

hope it helps! This is the safest and easiest way to get it running in ubuntu 8.10 64 bits.

regards,
Alvaro

EDITED: I deliberately changed the code lines to quote lines as they were easier to read this way, and they weren't really code. ;)
Last edited by counting_pine on Jul 24, 2018 13:12, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Unstickied - the thread is so old that "8.10" is starting to look like a typo :)
afecelis
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Post by afecelis »

After trying out several snippets from the forums involving SDL, OpenGL and other libraries, I noticed my explanation above was getting short, so I updated my fixes in a single document you can download/check here:
http://files.wildspad.com/afecelis/free ... .10_64bits

As I try out new snippets and see they require new libraries, I'll update my tutorial in the link above. ;)

regards,
Alvaro
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Frank Dodd
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Post by Frank Dodd »

Thanks for the info Alvaro, that's going to make things a lot easier for other people.
afecelis
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Post by afecelis »

Thanks Frank, you know better than anyone how much I want Freebasic to work fine on Linux. ;)
I understand it works right out of the box on 32 bit versions but I wasn't counting with the 64 bit issues, so I guess this doc will get Ubuntu64 users up and running in no time with Freebasic. :D

regards,
Alvaro
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Post by BastetFurry »

Sticky?
rCX
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Post by rCX »

Thanks for saving me alot of trouble! I was able to install fb on ubuntu 9.04 with your directions.

Btw the link to getlibs doesn't work anymore. I had to use
http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/getlibs-all.deb

The names of the libraries have changed so the last 2 lines should be...
sudo apt-get install libncurses5
sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
Thanks

Edit to change "apt-Get" to "apt-get"
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acidblue
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Post by acidblue »

I'm also using Ubuntu 9.04, but infortunately i cannot install FB.
I get this error when I try 'sudo ./install.sh -i
rocko@darkstar:~/Desktop/FreeBASIC$ sudo ./install.sh -i
[sudo] password for rocko:
./install.sh: 117: ./fbc: not found
./install.sh: 119: ./fbc: not found

ERROR: Unable to determine the configured prefix from ./fbc -version
ERROR: Need destination path

I'm trying to install the normal version not the stand alone one, as it staes above to do, should i try the stand alone one ?
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Post by KristopherWindsor »

I use the standalone version: just put the FreeBASIC folder on the Desktop, and no installation is needed. =)
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Post by acidblue »

No that dosn't work either I get this error:

rocko@darkstar:~/Desktop/FreeBASIC$ fbc
/usr/bin/fbc: 2: /usr/share/freebasic/fbc: not found
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Post by KristopherWindsor »

Try "./fbc" instead of "fbc"
;)
acidblue
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Post by acidblue »

After doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.04, everything seems ok.
FB installed and i can do fbc -version with out errors.
I'll try compiling some code in the morning, it's late right now and i need some rest.
acidblue
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Post by acidblue »

After compiling a test.bas file i get this error:
test.bas() error 24: File not found, libsupc++.a
ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.3//libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc
ld: cannot find -lgcc
Not sure what i should do , libsupc++ ?

EDIT: I un-installed the regular version and installed the 'standalone' one', then followed
these instructions:
http://www.freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13163
It's all good now, can compile and run, Yippie!
All those on 64 bit linux follow those instructions on the post i linked and you should be ok.
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Post by TbbW »

Well... if the linker would just check if there is a:
/usr/lib32
folder instead of using
/usr/lib
wich defaults to what arch ur actualy running ( i.e amd64 ) there would not be any problems since in both ubuntu and debian and alot of other dists there are lib, lib32,lib64 folders when other arch then 32bit is used.

Or the even better solution is to actualy add support for 64bit in fb since 32bit is not realy the most used anymore.
And then we dont need to bloat our workstations/servers with 32bit libs just coz of FB does not support it.
BastetFurry
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Post by BastetFurry »

I couldnt get this to run, no matter what.
But i have a simple solution:
1. sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose
2. Create new VM
3. Install 32bit Ubuntu on said VM
4. Install fbc in that VM
5. ?????
6. PROFIT! ;)
Pottersson
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.deb does not work

Post by Pottersson »

I downloaded and installed the .deb, but GDebi reported that all the dependencies were satisfied, and:

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$ fbc test.bas 
test.bas() error 24: File not found, libsupc++.a
ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.3//libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc
ld: cannot find -lgcc
still showed up.

*sigh*.

EDIT: Oops. Didn't see the rest of the post where he said to download the packages.

EDIT: Still doesn't work. Now,

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$ fbc test.bas
ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.3//libsupc++.a when searching for -lsupc++
ld: cannot find -lsupc++
even though I tried to do getlibs on every library mentioned in the main linux 32-bit instructions as well.
TbbW wrote:Well... if the linker would just check if there is a:
/usr/lib32
folder instead of using
/usr/lib
. . . Or the even better solution is to actualy add support for 64bit in fb since 32bit is not realy the most used anymore. . . .
I think that would be a great idea, to support 64 bit as well. (Then again, I've never worked on a compiler before, so I don't know what that would take.)

On an unrelated topic, why hasn't there been an official .deb package (or rpm) hosted on freebasic.net? That would drastically simplify installation because all the library dependencies would be satisfied by the package manager.
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