Re: [swarm-hackers] Fedora 9 troubles: Swarm compiled, programs start, but die on "start" button

[Steve Railsback]

Paul Johnson wrote:

> What blt are you using and how did you patch it?
>
> pj

Here is what I did (I think; Marcus might want to check for any obvious 
mistakes):

Steps for installing Swarm from CVS source in Fedora 9.

1. Install Fedora 9 from 8 May 2008 CD images.

2. Install the Objective-C compiler: "yum install gcc-objc"

3. Install Emacs: "yum install emacs"

4. Install Tcl (download, un-tar, configure, make, make-install 
tcl8.4.19-src.tar.gz) (See #6 below.)

5. Install Tk (download, un-tar, configure, make, make-install 
tcl8.4.19-src.tar.gz) (See #6 below.)

6. Install Blt, fixing a program file that would not compile:
        - Download, un-tar BLT2.4z.tar.gz
	- Edit the file /blt2.4z/src/bltTree.c. Move these lines up so they are 
just after the other "define" statements.

        #define START_LOGSIZE           5 /* Initial hash table size is 32. */
        #define MAX_LIST_VALUES         20 /* Convert to hash table when node
                                    * value list gets bigger than this
                                    * many values. */

        - configure, make, make-install.

	(Marcus says that BlT 3.0 can be used, and is needed if you use Tcl/Tk 
8.5, which is what ships with Fedora.)

7. Install Libtool (download, un-tar, configure, make, make-install 
libtool-2.2.4.tar.gz). Install it to a local directory: configure using 
"./configure --prefix=$HOME/packages/auto

8. Install Autoconf (download, un-tar, configure, make, make-install 
autoconf-2.62.tar.gz). Install it to a local directory: configure using 
"./configure --prefix=$HOME/packages/auto

9. Install Automake (download, un-tar, configure, make, make-install 
automake-1.10.1.tar.gz).  Install it to a local directory: configure 
using "./configure --prefix=$HOME/packages/auto

10. Download Swarm from cvs: "cvs -z3 
-d:pserver:address@hidden:/sources/swarm co swarm" 
copies a directory tree onto your disk; the highest level directory is 
"swarm".

11. In the "swarm" directory, use autogen to create the "configure" 
file: "PATH=$HOME/packages/auto/bin:$PATH ./autogen.sh"

12. Install Swarm using configure, make, make-install.



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Steve Railsback
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Arcata, California
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