Linux Question Concering the Simple IDE
pygoscelis
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I am currently Running Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit. I have tried installing the Simple IDE and I have been unsuccessful. I am wondering if there is a way in which I may program the ActivityBot without the IDE. If there is a way to do this I would greatly appreciate any advice.
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Are you using a 64 bit version or attempting to use a 32 bit version on a 64 bit Ubuntu?
Did it seem to install, but you can't get it to start? (It starts with a shell script, the binary icon won't directly start it?)
And after you get it open, do you have difficulty with the serial port? You need to assign yourself to the group rights for the serial port.
Below is a link for similar installation discussion, but please try to get the latest binary from Parallax's SimpleIDE page. (it seems to be 0-9-45 for 32bit Linux only, plus you may need to immediately fetch fresh libraries after installing.)
Heater seems to have compiled a 64bit Linux version for 0-9-47 that is a possible alternative.
I suspect you could write C programs in Gedit and use Propeller-elf-GCC with Ld and more from the Terminal. But you would also require software to load the binary into the Propeller. It is certainly possible, but more work that deploying SimpleIDE.
http://learn.parallax.com/propeller-c-set-simpleide
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/154178-SimpleIDE-0-9-45-Linux-...
Welcome to the forum.
I have just built propgcc for Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit. You can download it from here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/81267937/
To use it:
1) Place the downloaded tarbal in /opt, use sudo to allow that.
2) Change to that directory: cd /opt
3) Unpack it with: sudo tar -xvzf propellergcc-alpha_v1_9_0_2408-ubuntu_14.04.tgz
4) Change the ownership with: sudo chown -R yourname:yourname parallax
5) See if it runs with: /opt/parallax/bin/propeller-elf-gcc
You will need to add /opt/parallax/bin to your PATH to use it normally.
You can also compile Spin programs with the opensource Spin compiler which is included in the package as: /opt/parallax/bin/openspin.linux
The Propeller loader is also included as /opt/bin/propeller-load
Do let us know if there are any difficulties.
I will try and get SimpleIDE for Ubuntu-14.04 working next.