Hi all,
A small group of us have been beavering away on a project to bundle-up Poplog
into the standard format for Linux binary distributions, namely RPMs and Debian
packages. Our goal has been to make getting Poplog installed and/or updated a
fast and familiar process and hence easily accessible to the world-wide
community of Linux developer.
To try it out, start from our Downloads page at
https://getpoplog.github.io/Download.html.
We utilise the OpenBuildService, so you are taken to a landing page to select
the
operating system and installation method. Normally we would expect people to
add
the PPA ("Add repository and install manually") so they get access to updates
and
fixes. But to try it out one might prefer to use the *.deb or *.rpm directly.
GetPoplog is closely based on the FreePoplog x64 distribution but there are a
couple of things to be aware of:
1. If you have a pre-existing Poplog installed, these packages have no way of
knowing about them. They will not damage your existing installation but
it could easily be a bit confusing.
2. The GetPoplog distribution installs into /opt/poplog, unlike FreePoplog. The
standard tooling does not allow /usr/local for these kind of packages.
3. It installs a link to a new 'poplog' executable in /usr/bin. This means you
can start up Poplog simply by typing `poplog` on the command line. There is
no need to modify your ~/.profile or run $usepop/pop/com/poplog.sh. To
learn
more, try `poplog --help`.
(N.B if you would prefer to set Poplog up using the usual scripts, obviously
you can. Set $usepop to /opt/poplog/V16 and everything should work.)
We hope that people find this to be a useful way to get Poplog running again. I
know that I now have Poplog running on every Intel computer in my house after a
break of decades!
Apart from myself, the GetPoplog team includes Dave Thomas and Will Price and
it would have been impossible without their time, energy and skill. And it's
also a pleasure to thank Aaron Sloman, Waldek Hebisch, David Nuttall, David
Young and Stephen Isard for their patient advice during early development.
When you find any issues with GetPoplog, please let me know. Or feel free to
raise
an issue on GitHub at
https://github.com/GetPoplog/Seed/issues
Steve
