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FreeBSD+KDE+SimpleIDE

RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
edited 2013-03-12 07:46 in Propeller 1
Since I have been trying out different OS's to run SimpleIDE, has anybody tried FreeBSD? I just noticed that there is a KDE version that can run on FreeBSD, I guess I am wondering if there are any benefits to running something closer to UNIX? Anybody gone down this route? Would like to get some opinions.

Ray

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  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-03-07 08:21
    I once saw a BSD running. It was a few years back in Holland if I remember correctly.
    I would bet that SimpleIDE compiles and runs fine there. Sounds like a fun exploration.
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2013-03-07 08:51
    Honestly, I didn't have much luck setting up FreeBSD, so I have no idea if the subject would work. I guess in the right hands it can be done.
  • RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
    edited 2013-03-08 13:36
    While looking for more information into FreeBSD, I came across PC-BSD 9.1, which I went ahead and installed. I used the default KDE desktop during installation, which is very familiar to me now, and of course I tried to install the SimpleIDE package. The 'SUDO ./setup.sh $USER' worked, but when I tried to run the simpleide file, it came back with a 'exec format error'. When I tried to run it in a terminal window './simpleide' , it shows 'ELF binary type "0" not known' error first, then the 'Exec format error' comes up next. I tried the debian package first, and then the suse package, both had the same results. At this point I am not sure what I would have to try next, maybe the Apple package?

    Ray
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-03-09 02:59
    You did recompile SimpleIDE from the source code didn't you?

    I have heard that there is some support for some Linux binaries in some versions of BSD but it is the sort of thing I would not expect to work so easily and not want to rely on.

    Just install the Qt IDE (Qt Creator) to your BSD machine and rebuild the SimpleIDE project.

    Of course you will need to build propgcc and install from its sources on that machine as well before you get around to SimpleIDE.
  • RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
    edited 2013-03-09 05:04
    You did recompile SimpleIDE from the source code didn't you?
    Nope, I was trying to avoid that by using a pre-built package. At some point I will probably have to do that, but not today. I was reading the PC-BSD Handbook, and they mention something called a Warden, I guess you can set up a jail space for running a version of Linux. I think they have a choice of a Debian version, I might try that and see what that has to offer, but probably it might just be simpler to build a new PC-BSD SimpleIDE package, still debating that with myself. Since a new SimpleIDE package(s) will be showing up next Friday, I think I will wait for that, if do not like what I see then I will probably build a SimpleIDE-0-8-5.

    I also did a live FreeBSD, just to see what that is all about, it reminds me of the good ole Unix SysV days. I just might have to set up a server box using FreeBSD, as soon as I figure out how to let other systems have access to the file space.

    Ray
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-03-09 08:44
    This is interesting. I have never tinkered with BSD. But if they have all the KDE goodies at hand I'm sorely tempted to install it on some spare box in the office.

    Never heard of Warden, might be cool but we already know SimpleIDE runs on Debian.
  • RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,837
    edited 2013-03-09 11:50
    I think I just ran into a very big problem, FreeBSD/PC-BSD does not have any drivers for the FTDI chip, or at least a solution that I can apply. Just when everything was going so well, I am glad I found this out before I put in to much time. I guess without that, the system becomes very limited for what I wanted to do.

    I still might pursue the FreeBSD server idea, although I was thinking about having a PC-XBee module attached to the server, so that will not work with a FreeBSD setup. Oh well.

    Ray
  • tingotingo Posts: 87
    edited 2013-03-12 07:46
    Rsadeika wrote: »
    I also did a live FreeBSD, just to see what that is all about, it reminds me of the good ole Unix SysV days. I just might have to set up a server box using FreeBSD, as soon as I figure out how to let other systems have access to the file space.
    Samba or NFS.
  • tingotingo Posts: 87
    edited 2013-03-12 07:46
    Rsadeika wrote: »
    I think I just ran into a very big problem, FreeBSD/PC-BSD does not have any drivers for the FTDI chip, or at least a solution that I can apply. Just when everything was going so well, I am glad I found this out before I put in to much time. I guess without that, the system becomes very limited for what I wanted to do.
    What FTDI chip? 'man ucom' if it is a serial one.
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