Run and develop Linux apps under Windows :)

[paul_nicholls]

Hi all,
I haven't tried it yet (will do when I get free time), but I found a project that supposable allows users to run and develop Linux applications under windows.

"andLinux is a complete Linux system designed for developing applications and runs seemlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista, etc...)."

http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/AndLinux

I am going to try this instead as my computer wouldn't allow me to try a liveDistro of Ubuntu the other day

If this works, I am going to download the freepascal linux and Linux-ARM stuff to try compiling to my GP2X

cheers,
Paul.

[WILL]

Very nice find Paul. I think I'll be checking this one out myself...

[paul_nicholls]

I have downloaded it and extracted it.
I will actually run it tonight

PS I found it accidently when searching for developer stuff for the GP2X; the andLinux project was started because of the GP2X!

cheers,
Paul.

[pstudio]

So have you tried it out?
and most importantly; did it work?

[paul_nicholls]

So have you tried it out?
and most importantly; did it work?

I have tried it and it seems to work
I haven't downloaded any Linux apps to try under it yet, but i was able to use ap-get install ... under the Linux console to install stuff :-)

It has a launcher bar that can be customized.

I am planning on seeing if I can install KDE or similar to try out a Linux desktop as well.

cheers,
Paul.

[WILL]

Well here is the all mighty question... have you gotten Lazarus to install and work under andLinux?

I've just installed it and checked it out... it seems to work ok,but there is no console to run commands

All I have is a single window called 'andServer (CoLinux)'

colinux: booting
colinux-net-daemon: searching TAP device named "TAP-Colinux"
colinux-net-daemon: found TAP device named "TAP-Colinux"
colinux-net-daemon: opening TAP: "TAP-Colinux"
colinux-net-daemon: TAP driver version 8.4
colinux-net-daemon: enabling TAP...
conet-slirp-daemon: running

Then a cursor that doesn't let me type.

Any ideas?

[paul_nicholls]

Well here is the all mighty question... have you gotten Lazarus to install and work under andLinux?

I've just installed it and checked it out... it seems to work ok,but there is no console to run commands

All I have is a single window called 'andServer (CoLinux)'

colinux: booting
colinux-net-daemon: searching TAP device named "TAP-Colinux"
colinux-net-daemon: found TAP device named "TAP-Colinux"
colinux-net-daemon: opening TAP: "TAP-Colinux"
colinux-net-daemon: TAP driver version 8.4
colinux-net-daemon: enabling TAP...
conet-slirp-daemon: running

Then a cursor that doesn't let me type.

Any ideas?

andLinux may be checking the Linux disk which would explain why it appears to not be doing anything except for hogging the CPU.

it is set to check after 1 mount.
It should bring up a application loading bar after the checking, and this allows a terminal to be opened, etc.

I had to use apt-get install thundar to install a file manager before that option would work.

I have managed to finally install lazarus under andLinux

I had to download these files from here http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=89339

fp_all_deb.tar
lazarus_0.9.20-0_i386.deb

I then unpacked the .tar file into a folder and also placed the lazarus .deb file into this folder as well.

I then opened a terminal in this directory and ran this:

dpkg -i *.deb

I found this page helpfull:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/I...s_under_Debian

Hope this helps,
cheers,
Paul.

[WILL]

Oh man... you're running the PreBeta aren't you?

I tried the newer Beta that uses Ubuntu. :scratch:

Well I'll give that version a try then. I prefer Debian anyhow. And the Laz installation has gotten better from what I'm hearing so...

If I'm wrong though, how on earth do I open a console for the PreBeta? The guy apparently made a change to use something else instead of automatically popping open a console... Some app that starts with an X or something. :?

Well I'll see next time I give it a run.

[paul_nicholls]

Oh man... you're running the PreBeta aren't you?

I tried the newer Beta that uses Ubuntu. :scratch:

Well I'll give that version a try then. I prefer Debian anyhow. And the Laz installation has gotten better from what I'm hearing so...

If I'm wrong though, how on earth do I open a console for the PreBeta? The guy apparently made a change to use something else instead of automatically popping open a console... Some app that starts with an X or something. :?

Well I'll see next time I give it a run.

Yes, I am running the prebeta and this is the latest version; see http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/AndLinux for details.

When running mine, an application called Xfce opens after initialization and doing checks.

Using this one can click on the icon with the hint: 'Command Prompt X Terminal Emulator' to open up a console window.

With that, one can then run console commands.

BTW, the PreBeta version uses the Ubuntu Edgy Eft Linux base.

cheers,
Paul.

[WILL]

When running mine, an application called Xfce opens after initialization and doing checks.

Really? Ok then it's the same version that I 'tried' to install apparently. This Xfce application doesn't startup after I run the Startup.bat file. :?

What folder did you install it to? I tried installing to the Desktop maybe it's some kind of pathname thing.

BTW, the PreBeta version uses the Ubuntu Edgy Eft Linux base.

From what it sounds like, I must have had a problem while installing, or I didn't do a step right... Any common pitfalls you run into yourself that might help me out? [size=9px](I'm running WinXP Home, 1.6GHz Celeron, 512MB RAM)[/size]