Running BlitzMax on Suse 9.3, A Solution

I'm pretty far from experienced in Linux, this post is really a reminder for myself next time i'm installing, but will hopefully help out some others when they can't get BlitzMax working in Suse.

I have Suse 9.3 installed with all the default packages and a few others (including the nvidia drivers). Initially i got the 'sh: line 1: g++ : command not found' error when building. This was solved by installing:

gcc-c++ - The GNU C++ Compiler

(note: I had previously installed 'gcc - The GNU C Compiler and Support Files' too)

Next i got the error containing '/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lGLU'. This was solved by installing:

xorg-x11-Mesa-devel - Include Files and Libraries mandatory for Development

Both these packages can be installed through Yast. I hope this may be helpful to somebody, A text file in the blitzmax package with some information on dependencies would probably help the newer linux users, or maybe it's just me ;)

A better solution would be for BlitzMAX to be packaged in some sort of cross-platform installer (I recommend AutoPackage - http://www.autopackage.org), which can give a helpful error message and information on what to do if one of the requirements is missing.

Just updated to the latest version, with MaxGUI, and the error has come back:

sh: g++-3.3: command not found

All the packages are installed as before and gcc-c++ is version 3.3.5-5. Rebuild modules also gives 'sh: gcc-3.3: command not found'.

Any ideas?

i have the same problem with OpenSuSe 10. I installed gcc 4.02 with g++ and co. ... but i wasn't able to buil any modules. Would be nice to know wich version is needed or where the mistake is

Fr3eMaN

Hi bubbz,

I had the same problem. BlitzMAX should really use g++ rather than g++-3.3.

To fix it, you need to create a symlink (the Linux equivalent of a shortcut) called g++-3.3 which points to your existing g++ compiler.

First you need to open up a terminal and find out where your existing g++ compiler is by typing in "whereis g++"
Navigate to that folder using the cd command ("cd <path to folder containing g++>")

To create the symlink, do this:

sudo link g++ g++-3.3

And enter your root password (SUSE, Fedora etc.) or your own password (Ubuntu, Kubuntu).

I don't know exactly where g++ is located on SUSE / Fedora etc, but on Ubuntu it is in /usr/bin

Robert: thanks so much for that, worked a treat (and I would *never* have worked it out for myself).

Now if only the images displayed correctly and the text wrapped in the modules>>maxgui documentation I might work out what I was doing... Primarily using linux for BMax makes me feel like i'm always in second or third position behind the other OS's :-\ Why we don't get autopackage like you suggested before is beyond me too.

I know what you mean. Having said that, although the GUI is not as nice under Linux, everything else works well.

I'm hopeful that things will improve when the GTK work-in-progress modules appear.

yes, mark should take more care about the linux user,so it would be nice to know how to get bmx running...so everything works very well! thanks Robert

Fr3eMaN

Just as a side note, and to help me again next time I install and get stuck: To 'rebuild all modules' I have also had to do a

sudo link gcc gcc-3.3

In SUSE gcc and g++ are also in /usr/bin

A totally seperate point: can somebody else test the glcube gui demo in linux, and suggest why it doesn't work for me?

Thank you.

I haven't been able to get the depthbuffer working with linux canvas gadgets yet, disabling depth buffer will get the cube drawing at least...

skidracer: thanks for the reply, at least I wont waste any time trying to make it work.

Further note to self: After upgrading SUSE to latest version the symlinks to gcc and g++ must be removed and relinked!

I got this, trying to compile...

Executing:glcube.debug
X Error of failed request: GLXUnsupportedPrivateRequest
Major opcode of failed request: 155 (GLX)
Minor opcode of failed request: 16 (X_GLXVendorPrivate)
Serial number of failed request: 1364
Current serial number in output stream: 1366

Can't see that I'm missing any libs....but that again :)

Regards
Sveinung

I tried to get BMax working on Linux for 2 Days!
Now it works!
Thanks Robert for your HowTo

hi all. to get it workin on suse 9.3 all i needed to do was install latest security patches. then install latest nvidia drivers and finally create sudo links for gcc and g++ to gcc-3.3 and g++-3.3

Just a quick note to add that the advice in this thread also works with opensuse 10.1 although the 'xorg-x11-Mesa-devel' package is now simply 'Mesa-devel'