On Aug 18, 2007, at 4:30, Brad Mills (NSA Club 620) wrote: Hi Brad,
> Hi, all. I've attempted to compile Quackle on my Kubuntu laptop a > couple of > times to no avail (Feisty 7.04). Each time the compile process > complained > about some package or another not being installed, so I'd install the > missing package and see errors indicating some *other* package > needing to be > installed. Repeat until frustrated. I have successfully compiled Quackle 0.95 on Kubuntu 7.04 (Feisty). In fact, I had posted my notes to the Quackle list just a few weeks ago, when someone else asked the very same question. I'll repeat my answer here: You'll need to ensure you have a C and C++ compiler installed. You'll also need the following packages: libqt4-core libqt4-dev libqt4-gui scons You can install all these packages using synaptic or aptitude. Any other dependencies will be automatically resolved and installed. Additionally, you'll need to patch the file "fixedstring.h", and insert the following line somewhere near the top of the file: #include <cassert.h> Now, just follow the instructions in the README file to compile Quackle. It should compile and run just fine. > Previous posts have indicated there was a *.deb package floating > around out > there. Is this still available? If so, I'd appreciate a link to > it - all > the old ones apparently are no longer valid. As far as I know, there's no .deb or .rpm floating around. If I just had the time, I'd make both of them, since I use Fedora, Redhat and (K)ubuntu systems, but at the moment, I'm too busy to build the packages. > In a general sense, I think making this software a little more > accessible in > package format for the major Linuxen (I'm thinking *.deb and *.rpm) > would be > helpful to a lot of people. Given Ubuntu's increasing popularity, > it might > also be worthwhile to consider wrapping it up to be installable via > Synaptic. Perhaps a tall order, as I don't know what those entail > exactly, > though I'm going to be learning in the near future for another > Scrabble-related piece of software I'm developing. I agree completely. Making Quackle availble via the Fedora and Ubuntu repositories would make it so much easier for Linux users. If I get some time, I'll volunteer to make packages. I'll probably start with RPMs, as I am much more familiar with those. -- Anand
