[brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
- From: "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:11:22 -0400
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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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