Harry Campigli wrote: > > > I have used SUSE for years, currently using 10.3. but feel it has "gone > off" since version 9. However I have always managed to build FG from > source on it with a bit off mucking around but never Terragear. > > For along time I have wondered about Debian. I get the impression a lot > of FG developers use it. Thus I have installed the etch verion. > Everything from the install worked of the mark. Unlike SUSE. I managed > to get FG installed with some small bug in the sound, and still fiddling > about with terragear compiling. However its early days. > > > Therefore could I float the question amongst FG developers as which OS > is most commonly used or preferred as a Flightgear/Terragear development > system.
I use slackware linux for both flightgear and terragear. Slackware 11.0 has been my main development system for a very long time, and I had no problems. I've recently set up partitions with 12.0, 12.1 and 12.2 on for building packages, and encountered no problems with a flightgear build on those (the only change I needed was to use openal-soft rather than the old openal-0.0.8 code as 0.0.8 didn't seem to be liked by the new compiler). Building on slamd64 12.1 was also a pain free experience. Unfortunately building terragear on slackware 12.2 is something of a problem, since the compiler *really* doesn't like the newmat library, and there doesn't appear to be a newer version available - I suspect this will also be the case on other distros using the latest gcc. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
