Hi Paul I wonder if you would have a better experience using Docker https://www.docker.com/ to set up a container running Linux on your Mac to do your testing.
I am no expert on Docker and less so on Linux. I have used Docker to run a web service locally on my Mac to test cmi5 packages for conformance to the standard. The web service is called CATAPULT. A company called Rustici did all the work and created the image that builds the container and launches the webservice. On my end I just had to download it, install it and do some configuration (This was the hardest part for me — it involved a few rounds of trial and error but that is more on me as I was hurrying and typing first and reading documentation later.) Once it was installed I just had to issue a few terminal commands to build the container and then launch the CATAPULT web service that is used to test cmi5 documents for conformance to the cmi5 standard. Then I accessed the web service using my desktop browser to go to a localhost address. So that is not exactly what you want to do but I think it can be done. Here is a blog article on the subject of running Linux apps on a Mac using Docker. https://blog.alexellis.io/linux-desktop-on-mac/ It was written in 2016 and was using El Capitan so will be out of date — for one thing it wouldn’t be taking into account Apple Silicon CPUs since the first Mac with the M1 was in 2013. But there is a hub where you can find up to date prebuilt images that are shared with the Docker community https://hub.docker.com/ . This includes a whole range of uses including running Linux Distributions on your Mac (or Windows) machine. I have not had a need to text an LiveCode app on Linux so I have not used one for this purpose but perhaps it may work better than Parallels. Anyway just throwing that out there. I don’t know if it would resolve the x86 vs ARM issue but I see when narrowing down the search I was able to choose the OS and Architecture from the list of filters. That would imply to me it is emulating the architecture but as I said I only use one ready made image so I don’t know the ins and outs of this. I am curious though if that is the case. FILTERS Trusted content ✔︎ Docker Official Image Verified Publisher Sponsored OSS Operating Systems ✔︎ Linux Windows Architectures ARM ARM 64 IBM POWER PowerPC 64 LE IBM Z ✔︎ x86 x86-64 In the results of that search there were Linux distributions, for example Debian and Ubuntu. Debian https://hub.docker.com/_/debian Ubuntu https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu Let me know if this is what you were looking for. Martin Koob > On Jan 14, 2025, at 11:52 PM, Paul - Livecode via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > Just a quick follow up for anyone following or interested in this issue. > Apparently the problem is caused by Parallels on Apple M series devices are > running Linux on an ARM platform, so there is no emulator for the x86 > commands, it is just a processor compatibility issue. Linux on ARM is a > relatively new concept, it may improve in the future, but who knows? > There’s no easy answer (for me at least), I tried installing some suggested > ARM compatibility software, but either my lack of understanding of Linux, or > their inability to rum LC standalones left me with no resolution, so it’s > back to testing on an older Intel Mac with Parallels and Linux for now. > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
