[brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:18:12 -0500
Hi Vic,
This is great! I'm glad we have you on board.
John
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:59:45AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> Scott and John,
>
> I just built the DLLs and Braille Blaster on Windows 8 successfully. Braille
> Blaster even ran quite successfully. It seemed to work just fine in my
> limited testing. Scott if you have any problems just let me know.
>
>
> 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 5:34 PM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Building for different versions
>
>
>
> Well Visual Studio 11 is in beta so I could try that. I'll also look at
> the sdk for Windows 8 for curiosity I don't think it's out though.
>
> On 3/15/2012 4:11 PM, 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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