Re: Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-18 Thread Tomas Bodzar
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Laurence Rochfort wrote: > :D B Thanks for the permission to compile, Jan! > > I was thinking more of allowances I might have to make for compiling > software developed with GNU in mind on OpenBSD. B Or am I just looking > at it the wrong way? http://undeadly.org

Re: Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-17 Thread Alan Corey
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Jan Stary wrote: On Apr 17 10:10:27, Laurence Rochfort wrote: Hello, I've moved from Debian to OpenBSD as my main OS a short while ago and have come across my first situation where a piece of software is not available in packages or ports. Specifically, I'm following the

Re: Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-17 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012-04-17, Laurence Rochfort wrote: > I believe Io and Prolog are not in ports: > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/lang/?only_with_tag=OPENBSD_5_0#dirlist > > Can I just download the source for the above and compile as I would in > Linux? Any guidance as to process and good practic

Re: Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-17 Thread Sebastian Reitenbach
On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:42 CEST, Laurence Rochfort wrote: > Thank you everyone for the kind advice. > > I think I have a correct understanding of packges/ports and shall > double check if what I need isn't already there. > > I'm meant to be working right now, ahem, so I'll investigate

Re: Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-17 Thread Laurence Rochfort
Thank you everyone for the kind advice. I think I have a correct understanding of packges/ports and shall double check if what I need isn't already there. I'm meant to be working right now, ahem, so I'll investigate further when I get home and try to work this out myself. Is this the correct mai

Re: Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-17 Thread Marc Espie
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:30:18PM +0200, Marc Espie wrote: > If you really want to look at things, compiling the port is very easy, though > it will usually take longer (sometimes much longer for monsters like > libreoffice). It's as stupid as cd /usr/ports/lang/swi-prolog && make install > > Mos

Re: Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-17 Thread Marc Espie
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:41:52AM +0100, Laurence Rochfort wrote: > :D Thanks for the permission to compile, Jan! > > I was thinking more of allowances I might have to make for compiling > software developed with GNU in mind on OpenBSD. Or am I just looking > at it the wrong way? > > I guess I

Re: Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-17 Thread Laurence Rochfort
:D Thanks for the permission to compile, Jan! I was thinking more of allowances I might have to make for compiling software developed with GNU in mind on OpenBSD. Or am I just looking at it the wrong way? I guess I'll just suck it and see. I'll also have a crack at creating a port. Many thank

Re: Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-17 Thread Jan Stary
On Apr 17 10:10:27, Laurence Rochfort wrote: > Hello, > > I've moved from Debian to OpenBSD as my main OS a short while ago and > have come across my first situation where a piece of software is not > available in packages or ports. > > Specifically, I'm following the book Seven Languages in Seve

Compiling non-ports application from source

2012-04-17 Thread Laurence Rochfort
Hello, I've moved from Debian to OpenBSD as my main OS a short while ago and have come across my first situation where a piece of software is not available in packages or ports. Specifically, I'm following the book Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: http://pragprog.com/book/btlang/seven-languages-in