[brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
- From: "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:46:51 -0400
Scott, what is your OS?
Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
Vic
E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
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[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
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
>
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Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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