Developing on a NoblePup32 System

[rottenMILKweiler84]

Hello All,

Hope everyone is having a great week up to this point!

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Just wanted to follow up on a thread I posted a week or so back at this point.

I was able to get a dual puppy set-up going of XenialPup & NoblePup32.

I would like to learn to compile programs on the NoblePup32 system, as I understand NoblePup32 is largely based off of the Ubuntu distribution, and I hope that developing on NoblePup32, would allow me to distribute an app to computers running Ubuntu.

I played around a bit with Geany last night, but I wasn't able to compile any C code successfully.

The make tool in Geany said that my compilation was successful, but it didn't seem to add a .exe to the directory of the source code (and I'm not sure this is the expected behavior of the make tool or gcc).

Just wondering if anyone has any standard set-up on how to achieve compiled executables (or the puppy Linux equivalent) from a NoblePup32 system.

Thank you for all the help and the inclusivity of this community,
rottenMILKweiler84

[puppy_apprentice]

I always compile from console.
Try F5 in Geany to run compiled program.
BTW. Linux exes dosen't need .exe extension.

[rockedge]

@rottenMILKweiler84

check in the directory the compile build was done to find the output binary. Make sure the permissions for it are executable and click on the binary in a Rox file manager window to run it.

Or to see better output open a terminal from that directory and run the binary from the command line:

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./my_program

[user1234]

BTW @rottenMILKweiler84, what are you trying to compile? Is it a program that you found its source online, or is it a simple C code?

For the first case, you can try looking for the instructions from the program's website you want to compile; or you can contact puppy forum if additional help is required.

For the second case, the above posts already have an answer.

[rottenMILKweiler84]

Hello,

I appreciate everyone's input.

I downloaded the dev squashsfs and they gave me to the build & compile tools native to Geany (gcc & make).

Gcc to make an object file, and then make to compile the object into an executable file.

Also:
Yes, this was just to compile some simple C code.

[mikeslr]

"I would like to learn to compile programs on the NoblePup32 system, as I understand NoblePup32 is largely based off of the Ubuntu distribution." Emphasis supplied.

I don't compile so may be off-base. But I'm pretty good at remembering systems, how they work and their limitations. So before you get 'deep into the weeds' double check the following:

To create NoblePup32 peebee (may have) had to include debian 32-bit binaries because Ubuntu no longer publishes for 32-bit operating systems. If so, you may be better off using peebee's Bookwormpup32, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 68#p105568 or dimkr's VanillaDpup32, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=7656 for your project.

Ubuntu builds against debian. As a 'Rule of Thumb', applications created under debian can run under Ubuntu; but not necessarily vice-versa.

[rottenMILKweiler84]

"I would like to learn to compile programs on the NoblePup32 system, as I understand NoblePup32 is largely based off of the Ubuntu distribution." Emphasis supplied.

I don't compile so may be off-base. But I'm pretty good at remembering systems, how they work and their limitations. So before you get 'deep into the weeds' double check the following:

To create NoblePup32 peebee (may have) had to include debian 32-bit binaries because Ubuntu no longer publishes for 32-bit operating systems. If so, you may be better off using peebee's Bookwormpup32, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 68#p105568 or dimkr's VanillaDpup32, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=7656 for your project.

Ubuntu builds against debian. As a 'Rule of Thumb', applications created under debian can run under Ubuntu; but not necessarily vice-versa.

@mikeslr

Hey Mike,
This is a great consideration.

It makes total sense that you can focus on building from a debian environment, and that an application there should work in an Ubuntu environment.

I believe NoblePup32 also has debian as part of its core. Or at least, I'm able to pull from a Debian repository. So, since the packages from the Debian repository are working, this would suggest NoblePup32 is also largely debian-based.

The standard desktop wallpaper of NoblePup32 also says 'NobleNumbat + Bookworkm', implying that it is based off of BookwormPup.

Finally, this is a bit of a different discussion.... but, I'm also in the PuppyLinux Facebook forum, and a user there suggested utilizing 'Xmessage' command-line-utility to build the graphical user interface of my applications, and from what I understand that is entirely based off of 'X' desktop environment. So, I believe for the app to work correctly the target-OS, would have to have 'X' (if I were to take this approach to GUI development).

Regardless, thanks again for your help Mike, and I hope you have a restful weekend,
rottenMILKweiler84

[wizard]

@rottenMILKweiler84

xmessage is useful if you just want to display a simple message boox or if user input can be done with a button click. For something more powerful, take a look at YAD.

wizard