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I have been trying to install Android Studio on BookWorm64 puppy linux, (to compile SDL2 apps to Android) but its large (8gb) and problematic..

So I decided to setup a new copy of BookWorm64 with just the command line build tools. If you look at:

https://developer.android.com/studio

You will see ...

Thank you, I forgot export. After a few retries, some progress. from the top:

I am using Bookworm64 puppy linux, with devx, SDL2 and Android Studio installed. (I believe you can just install the command line Android NDK/SDK which is much smaller). Now copy the whole sdl2 lib source folder to my ...

SDL-PLASMA

Download:
https://github.com/orac81/miniapples/raw/refs/heads/main/splasma101.zip

splasma-screen.png

This is the classic "plasma" effect demo for SDL2 cross platform library. Its only 10k in size!


It is free running until the user closes the app.
Every 256 frames it randomly ...

I have gone back to just try and learn about using Studio, kotlin etc (because the world really needs another programming language!)

I have installed Android Studio on bookworm64, and managed to build very simple code, but frankly I struggle with it. It gets upset very easily, and it keeps ...

Why build SDL2 when you can install libsdl2-dev through the package manager?


Fair point. But I had the latest source, building for other distros, and I wanted to look at and build the examples anyway. It also helps me understand more about SDL too.
Also I had already found problems with libs ...

EDIT: Problem found! I had previously used the same sdl2 folder to install it for a 32bit puppy. After deleting and unzipping a fresh copy, it built ok for bw64. You can ignore the following. (but the point at the end about double clicking on a 7z file still applies!)

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So ...

ok, thanks everyone for the suggestions.
i went over to a new bookworm64 install setup just for android studio, and i managed to get a little further with it. Thwn i saw it had used the monthly mobile quota on the mobile connection, on downloads and coms with googl! How big do these things need to ...

Wine was developed in the early days of Linux's becoming popular. At that time there wasn't much Linux 'real-world applications' --things for performing real-world tasks. Wine was almost essential if you wanted to do something beyond running a web-browser and an office suite. Linux has come a long ...

Download:
https://github.com/orac81/miniapples/raw/refs/heads/main/sconnex-latest.zip

sconnex155screenshot.png
(SDL version)


SCONNEX is a version of the famous 4-in-a-line game, written to work on almost any computer. It can compile to work as an SDL app (screen shot above) or as a C99 ...

mikeslr
Ah ok, that explains things. It might be worth adding something like your text as a readme in the bookworm folder, the dir structure at ibiblio is very confusing.
so you need to use debian apt get to download wine, etc.
Do the 32 bit libs work that way now? I must say I found the devx.sfs ...

Hi, I am running BW10.0.9, and its running nicely (thank you!), but I dont see any of the extras on the usual place http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/
ie. what version of 32 bit compatiblity libs, wine etc should be used with it? Would the bionic pup ones do? A little readme.txt in the BW ...

thanks, yes it did. I was trying to download the components separately, so when i build an app i know exactly what version of the compiler, libs, sdk etc i am building against. That way you can always recreate the exact same binary with the same tools later. I often code offline anyway.

I found the ...

Hi, so I am an old coder, and I have used various versions of puppy linux for a while, (tahr, xen, bionic etc), often old 32 bit versions rather than constant updating. They are simple and fast, and the devx.sfs package idea is a nice simple way to get gnu c up and running.

I have fossapup 9.5 (64 ...