This is excellent news, very exciting! I just installed it on Ubuntu 20.04 and it worked like a charm :-) No xved, but I presume the Motif issue is in the way there. A library packaging system that's just as simple for contributors would be the next thing?
Not sure what to do with it now of course... :-) Ian On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 13:37, <sfkle...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
