Andrew Marlow wrote:
I would like to start using D but am running into some problems. I am using 64 
bit ubuntu, Karmic Koala. I tried using the GNU D compiler (gdc) but even a 
hello world type program core dumps in the print statement. So I tried ldc but 
it complains that it can't import std.stdio. So I tried the Digital Mars 
compiler and I couldn't get it to install. The deb file says it is for the 
wrong architecture. Presumably it is for 32 bit and I am on 64 so no go.

Where do I go from here? I would really like to try it? If there is a 64 bit 
install for ubuntu can someone post a URL please?

Hi!

The 32-bit DMD compiler works fine on 64-bit Ubuntu, even though the .deb file is marked as i386. Try this:

  dpkg -i --force-architecture dmd_2.041-0_i386.deb

Note that since the compiler is 32-bit, it only works with 32-bit libraries. You must therefore install the following packages:

sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-i386 libc6-dev-i386

In addition, you might like to install the ia32-libs package, as it contains 32-bit versions of a bunch of libraries.

-Lars

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