Fraser Gordon wrote: > On 12 Mar 2014, at 15:39, Malte Brill wrote: > >> Also, can anybody point out the requirements for running liveCode >> under Linux? I have a puzzling situation, where on a vanilla UBUNTU >> 13.x install text is not rendered and the gui is semi transparent. >> Anyone else seen that? I guess I just miss some library on the >> UBUNTU install, but can not figure out which. > > Usually it indicates you are missing a 32-bit version of libPango or > libGTK. Text rendering now depends on them (though I guess the > requirements haven't been updated to reflect this).
Thanks for that info, Fraser. Helpful as it is, with a consumer-focused distro like Ubuntu (the most popular Linux distro, accounting for some 30% of all desktop installs) it's no longer an option to try to rely on requiring users to dive into Terminal with apt-get just to run one app.
For all the things I enjoy about Linux, Multiarch dropped the ball on backward compatibility, so it's up to app devs to update their builds.
I believe Mark Weider has already successfully built a 64-bit compile of the Linux engine - Mark, is that correct?
What's required to make that a part of the release process going forward? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
