[brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:23:32 -0500

I'll be following this thread with interest. it will be valuable to see 
how things work out on Windows 8. 

John

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 05:11:22PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> 
> I'm not sure about the compatibility of everything you will need to compile
> under windows 8. To compile liblouis.dll and liblouisutdml.dll which you
> will need for Braille Blaster you will need either a windows SDK or a
> version of Visual Studio. I don't know if the Windows 7 SDK will work under
> Windows 8 or what version of visual Studio you would need. You will have to
> research that yourself and probably do a little trial and error to find out.
> You will also need a Java JDK installed. Just the JRE isn't enough. 
> 
> Download the latest releases of liblouis and liblouisutdml from the Braille
> Blaster website by going to the For Developers link. Unpack them into their
> own folder. I put them in the root of my drive so they are easier to get to
> from the command prompt. Take a look at the readme.windows file in the
> windows folder of the liblouisutdml main folder. This file gives good
> instructions on how to build the DLLs you need and what to do with them. Let
> me know once you have everything set up and can successfully build the DLLs.
> Next we can move on to downloading from the repositories. I welcome any
> questions.
> 
> 
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> 
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Berry
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:25 PM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
> 
> 
> 
> Right now it's Windows 8 I am using the preview.
> 
> On 3/14/2012 3:46 AM, Vic Beckley wrote:
> > Scott, what is your OS?
> >
> >
> > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >
> > Vic
> > E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:08 PM
> > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
> >
> > You can still help with building BrailleBlaster. That is probably more
> > important. It is largely platform-independent.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 06:01:36PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >    
> >> Sorry, if he is using Linux, I can't help. All I have learned is with
> >> Windows only.
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >>
> >> Vic
> >> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:21 PM
> >> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
> >>
> >> I think Scott may be using Linux. In that case, compiling liblouis and
> >> liblouisutdml from the tarballs will involve just following the usual
> >> configure, make make install procedure.
> >>
> >> This discussion may encoursge others to try building, so it is good to
> >> have it on the list.
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 04:52:20PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >>      
> >>> Scott,
> >>>
> >>> What I did, and what I would recommend for you, is to download the
> >>>        
> > latest
> >    
> >>> tarballs of liblouis and liblouisutdml and unpack them to your computer.
> >>>        
> >> In
> >>      
> >>> the root folder of the liblouisutdml package is a file called
> >>> readme.windows. It has good instructions as to what prerequisites you
> >>>        
> > will
> >    
> >>> need and how to compile the liblouis.dll and liblouisutdml.dll that you
> >>>        
> >> will
> >>      
> >>> need for Braille Blaster. One comment I have on the readme is that
> >>>        
> > typing
> >    
> >>> SDK does not run the command prompt. I don't know what version of
> >>>        
> > windows
> >    
> >>> you have, but you will have to find the way to start the command prompt
> >>>        
> >> with
> >>      
> >>> the right environment variables set. This shortcut will be in the folder
> >>>        
> >> of
> >>      
> >>> the SDK or Visual Studio that you install. To get these files go to the
> >>>        
> >> For
> >>      
> >>> Developers link on brailleblaster.org.
> >>>
> >>> Once you have mastered this, we can move on to how to get the latest
> >>>        
> > files
> >    
> >>> from the repository and compiling them. This is good background work
> >>>        
> >> because
> >>      
> >>> you will use the same steps to compile the DLLs from the files
> >>>        
> > downloaded
> >    
> >>> from the repository.
> >>>
> >>> Let me know if you have any questions about this procedure. I will get
> >>>        
> > the
> >    
> >>> links together to give you to download all the tools you need for the
> >>>        
> > rest
> >    
> >>> of the project.
> >>>
> >>> I hope this helps.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >>>
> >>> Vic
> >>> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Berry
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:29 PM
> >>> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
> >>>
> >>> Yes that would be the way I'd like to build.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 3/13/2012 3:16 PM, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >>>        
> >>>> Scott,
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you want to build from the repository? There is quite a bit
> >>>>          
> > involved,
> >    
> >>> but
> >>>        
> >>>> I will try to take you through it step by step.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >>>>
> >>>> Vic
> >>>> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Berry
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:11 PM
> >>>> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
> >>>>
> >>>> Hey Vic,
> >>>>
> >>>> Can you help me out with compiling from scratch Braille Blaster and
> >>>>          
> > Lib
> >    
> >>>> Louis?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 3/13/2012 12:15 PM, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>>>> Michael and John,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I recompiled on my JDK 1.7 platform and got the exact same error that
> >>>>>            
> > I
> >    
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>> sent
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>>>> before. However, the brailleblaster.jar was different. It was 75K
> >>>>>            
> >> instead
> >>      
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>> of
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>>>> 78K and now runs under Java 1.6. It looks like once you get all the
> >>>>>            
> >> loose
> >>      
> >>>>> ends tied up this will work fine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Vic
> >>>>> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> -- 
> >> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >> Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>      
> >    
> 
> 

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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