Saturday, January 4, 2020, 1:57:25 PM, you wrote: > Am Sa., 4. Jan. 2020 um 14:02 Uhr schrieb Peter > Toye <lilyp...@ptoye.com>:
>> Thanks. CG chapter 2 starts off by saying that LilyDev has everything I >> should need, but then only mentions how to install it under VirtualBox >> (which I don't know at all) in Windows or MacOS. I'm a Linux newbie and >> haven't used Unix since about 2000 (on a Sun box), so it's all a bit of a >> learning curve. >> >> Should I be looking at lily-git instead? > Nope. > Personally I'd follow "CG 3.2 Starting with Git", doing all stuff > myself where needed. As said before. Ah - the hair-shirt approach :) I'm too soft - spent too much time on Windows. > If you want a LilyDev then: > For LINUX probably best to download > LilyDev-1-debian.tar.xz > from > https://github.com/fedelibre/LilyDev/releases > and follow the instructions in section "Container" from here: > https://github.com/fedelibre/LilyDev/tree/master/mkosi So LilyDev always runs in a VM. Now I see what the documentation is getting at. I'm not sure my antique laptop is powerful enough so may end up with VirtualBox anyway. >> I'm not an experienced git user, and it's beginning to look as if a minor >> change to three text files is going to end up with me being swamped in new >> software :) > Well, to submit a patch you'll need git. > Once the setup works, you may want to do more than one patch. I was rather hoping my coding days were over :( > Doing development-work will always come along > with some new software ;) True > At least the LilyDev-container will help a bit. > Maybe Federico steps in, he knows his stuff best, of course > Cheers, > Harm All the best, Peter
