Hey thanks Nil. That was really encouraging. I had no idea Linux was like this. That may actually be my biggest obstacle right now and did not realize it. I'll be doing that right away.
Thanks again. Jason On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 2:51:26 AM UTC-6, Nil wrote: > > On 3/4/19 4:46 PM, JRTA wrote: > > you know what. F it. Give me full list of classes I need to take, > > subjects I need to study. Basically everything I need in order get > > started with out sounding completely naive all the time. preferably in > > order of importance. This is so embarrassing lol. only thing I have ever > > tried to do that I couldn't just pick up. > > Hmm, well, what you're doing right now might actually be the best > path. > > My personal path is that 17y ago after yet another blue screen of > death I decided to look elsewhere and purchased a linux distro with an > introductory booklet. I was using my home PC mostly for music > production (perhaps like you), so I started compiling/installing any > free and open source music software I could find. From this alone I > learned a lot. > > Go through some linux walkthrough (start by learning why the OS > directory tree is the way it is). Then find softwares that you'd love > to use, compile them, look at the code, etc. There's still of lot of > music softwares that do not have precompiled packages BTW, from > experimental LV2 plug-ins, to obscure DAWs like Protrekkr, etc, they > are many many. > > Nil > > > Thanks Linas. You are really great. > > > > On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 5:08:48 PM UTC-6, linas wrote: > > > > Maybe hurdles is the wrong metaphor. Maybe if you're into gaming, > > think of them as bosses and levels. Defeat one boss, you get to the > > next level, and its harder. I can't really help you with the simpler > > ones, and if you cheat the simpler ones, the harder ones will just > > be .. that much harder... --linas > > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 5:05 PM Linas Vepstas <[email protected] > > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > Again, I'm not clear on what you hope to accomplish -- the > > questions you are asking have relatively straight-forward > > answers, which you can discover on your own. Think of them as > > hurdles, and if you stay on the technical path, that path ahead > > will have many more of them, each harder than the last. I can't > > particularly think of non-technical tasks -- opencog does need > > ombudsmen and cheer-leaders and promoters and helpers of all > > kinds, but even those will require at least some bsic > > understanding of what's in here, how it works, and how stuff > > fits together. > > > > --linas > > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 4:39 PM JRTA <[email protected] > > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > Ok willl do! Do I need to re run the script after I > > install cogutil or am I good to go? What is a Jupyter > notebook? > > > > Thanks for your help I really appreciate it. > > > > Jason > > > > On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 3:11:30 PM UTC-6, linas wrote: > > > > > Could not find a package configuration file provided > > by "CogUtil" > > > > Well, you need to install cogutil. From here: > > https://github.com/opencog/cogutil > > <https://github.com/opencog/cogutil> Be sure to read > > the README's and instructions. > > > > > Ready to take some direction. > > > > For people who wish to do programming, going through he > > bug-list and picking "easy to fix" bugs is a good start. > > > > For people who just want to learn about the system, then > > going through the wiki, and the tutorials here: > > > https://github.com/opencog/atomspace/tree/master/examples < > https://github.com/opencog/atomspace/tree/master/examples> > > is a good place to start. > > > > Maybe it would be really cool to create Jupyter > > notebooks for each of the tutorials. That would be > > pretty cool! > > > > --linas > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 1:02 PM JRTA <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > I didn't see any errors listed in the log but this > > was at the end after running the script. > > > > From terminal: > > > > [ocpkg] cmake /home/acopolis/opencog/src > > -- The C compiler identification is GNU 7.3.0 > > -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 7.3.0 > > -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc > > -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- > works > > -- Detecting C compiler ABI info > > -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done > > -- Detecting C compile features > > -- Detecting C compile features - done > > -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ > > -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- > works > > -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info > > -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done > > -- Detecting CXX compile features > > -- Detecting CXX compile features - done > > -- Build type: Release > > > > > > CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:143 (FIND_PACKAGE): > > Could not find a package configuration file > > provided by "CogUtil" > > (requested version 2.0.1) with any of the > > following names: > > > > CogUtilConfig.cmake > > cogutil-config.cmake > > > > Add the installation prefix of "CogUtil" to > > CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set > > "CogUtil_DIR" to a directory containing one of > > the above files. If > > "CogUtil" provides a separate development package > > or SDK, be sure it has > > been installed. > > > > > > -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! > > See also > > > "/home/acopolis/opencog/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log". > > > > > > On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 12:54:33 PM UTC-6, JRTA > > wrote: > > > > Ded dependaincy script went just find I believe. > > There were a few errors with cmake though and I > > was advised not to try and track this stuff down > > myself so here is the log. Ready to take some > > direction. 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