Yabasic 2.9.9 + SDL 0.5

[psnake]

you just need to do make. if there are errors about SDL.h not being found you need to install sdl-dev package.

It should write a lot of warnings like Derek said, but none is harmful.

PSnake

[gersen]

menn, I know you're not heavy into compiling, so here you go.

Open a terminal in the unzipped folder.
Do make clean         to get shot of the 64 bit object files
Do make                  to build yabasic

You should now find the binary in the bin folder.

Hope that puts it together.

 

[menn]

hey much appreciated. you're right, the only thing i've ever successfully compiled was some vi clone with specific instructions, and yabasic 3. the same instructions (included in latest yabasic) have worked up until 2.9.9, which require (slightly) different instructions. for example 2.9.8 there was a configure script. and i had to use make install (so i thought.) i hate compiling, but for yabasic i'm always willing to try so long as it doesn't become too difficult.

by the way, it seemed to compile the new one (i see a binary, bash colors it green) in the bin folder, but the new one --version still reports 2.9.8, probably a "bug" in 2.9.9. the md5sum differs from the old copy of 2.9.8, adding more to the evidence that it's really 2.9.9. now to see what new features if any are here.

[psnake]

by the way, it seemed to compile the new one (i see a binary, bash colors it green) in the bin folder, but the new one --version still reports 2.9.8, probably a "bug" in 2.9.9. the md5sum differs from the old copy of 2.9.8, adding more to the evidence that it's really 2.9.9. now to see what new features if any are here.

Thanks for noticing that, I forgot to alter the version. Won't forget next time, I hope

PSnake

[menn]

it seemed to compile, runs ok but (while aptitude says libsdl-dev is already installed) this message when i try to run graphics_test.yab is very unreassuring:

./yabasic: ./lib/graphics.yab:6: couldn't open plugin named sdl: dlerror(): ./plugins/sdl.ybp: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[psnake]

Did you run yabasic from inside the bin/ directory?

Code:

./yabasic something.yab

PSnake

[menn]

/tmp/yabasic/bin$ ./yabasic graphics_test.yab

yep. message that results in already posted.

[psnake]

Can you tell me if there is a file called sdl.ybp inside plugins/

PSnake

[gersen]

Not sure where you are running this from menn, what's with the /bin$ on your command line ? If you move the binary out the source folder, you have to take the whole bin folder which includes the plugin.

For example I unpacked to my root folder, compiled and ran direct from in there so the command line looks like this:

root: ~/yabasic-2.9.9-sdl-0.5/bin > ./yabasic graphics_test.yab

[menn]

psnake, no there is only a .dll in that folder.

gersen, /tmp/yabasic/bin$ means that bin is in /tmp/yabasic, and i was running "./yabasic graphics_test.yab" with /tmp/yabasic/bin as the working directory. i'd unzipped the zip file into /tmp, which created the yabasic folder.

then i compiled from /tmp/yabasic, where the files were.

and (once i knew what commands to type) this all worked, except there's clearly a file missing from the plugins folder. i can't explain that. but the graphics demo aside, the binary works. i haven't moved any folders or anything.

cd /tmp ; find | grep -i ybp
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_testdrive.cbp
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_testdrive.depend
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_sdl.cbp
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_sdl.layout
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_testdrive.layout
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_sdl.depend
./yabasic/src/plugins/testdrive.ybp
./yabasic/src/plugins/ybp_interface.h
./yabasic/src/plugins/ybp_util.h
./yabasic/src/plugins/ybp_interface.c

[Derek]

Hi,

you have got us all scratching our heads.

Code:

cd /tmp/yabasic
make clean
make
cd bin
./yabasic graphics_test.yab

or try

Code:

cd /tmp/yabasic
make spotless
make build-all
cd bin
./yabasic graphics_test.yab

make and make build-all both create sdl.ybp The only other thing I can think of (and I'm certain it won't make any difference) is to try building Yabasic within your home directory.

Derek.

[gersen]

I think I may see where this is coming from. You have to run make in the unzipped main folder, yabasic-2.9.9-sdl-0.5, and not from the src folder.
I just tried it from the src folder and all you get is the yabasic binary and not the plugin as you report.

[menn]

I think I may see where this is coming from. You have to run make in the unzipped main folder, yabasic-2.9.9-sdl-0.5, and not from the src folder.

i'm pretty sure i did! but, today i start over trying to compile it again, will pay even more attention to what folder i run make from. i admit, the part about how you were able to reproduce my problem by using the src folder is a good sign i did something wrong. let's find out.

edit: no, i unzipped it from /tmp, it created the /tmp/yabasic folder, i cd'd to /tmp/yabasic, ran make clean and make, and it did the same thing as before. same list of files with "ybp" (case insensitive) in them (and still only sdl.dll in bin/plugins, no sdl.ybp or other files there.)

this is precisely why i'm not heavy into compiling, by the way. it almost never freakin' works, and when it eludes me, i am pointed to the lfs tutorials, which might as well be written in klingon for all i understand. people are like "it's not complicated!" bs, it's as complicated as any user task, or more. but i appreciate you trying to help. that's rare in my "experience" with compiling. i can see how anyone would give up on the idea, and i actually stopped using the tinycore distro because there was condescension over the difficulty involved. (that, and 2.x is slow and unstable compared to the first.)

cd /tmp ; find | grep -i ybp
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_testdrive.cbp
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_testdrive.depend
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_sdl.cbp
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_sdl.layout
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_testdrive.layout
./yabasic/build_windows/ybp_sdl.depend
./yabasic/src/plugins/testdrive.ybp
./yabasic/src/plugins/ybp_interface.h
./yabasic/src/plugins/ybp_util.h
./yabasic/src/plugins/ybp_interface.c

[Cybermonkey]

What is the result of

Code:

sdl-config --libs --cflags

in terminal?

[Cybermonkey]

Ok, I think I can help you now. Don't know why, but I compiled yabasic in my virtual xubuntu, and came up with the following:

vmarkus@vmarkus-desktop:~/yabasic/bin$ ./yabasic graphics_test.yab
./yabasic: ./lib/graphics.yab:6: couldn't open plugin named sdl: dlerror(): ./plugins/sdl.ybp: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So what to do?
cd into yabasic/src/plugins and do a "make" and this should happen:

vmarkus@vmarkus-desktop:~/yabasic/src/plugins$ make
gcc -std=c99 -shared -fPIC -O2 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -DSYSTEM_UNIX -I. testdrive/testdrive.c ybp_interface.c -o testdrive.ybp
gcc -std=c99 -shared -fPIC -O2 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -DSYSTEM_UNIX -I. -lSDL sdl/sdl_interface.c ybp_interface.c -o sdl.ybp
sdl/sdl_interface.c:4:33: warning: ISO C99 requires rest arguments to be used
sdl/sdl_interface.c:31:33: warning: ISO C99 requires rest arguments to be used
sdl/sdl_interface.c:93:33: warning: ISO C99 requires rest arguments to be used
sdl/sdl_interface.c:110:33: warning: ISO C99 requires rest arguments to be used
sdl/sdl_interface.c:118:33: warning: ISO C99 requires rest arguments to be used
sdl/sdl_interface.c:342:33: warning: ISO C99 requires rest arguments to be used
sdl/sdl_interface.c:806:33: warning: ISO C99 requires rest arguments to be used
sdl/sdl_interface.c:816:33: warning: ISO C99 requires rest arguments to be used
sdl/sdl_interface.c:826:33: warning: ISO C99 requires rest arguments to be used
mv *.ybp ../../bin/plugins/
vmarkus@vmarkus-desktop:~/yabasic/src/plugins$ cd
vmarkus@vmarkus-desktop:~$ cd yabasic/bin/
vmarkus@vmarkus-desktop:~/yabasic/bin$ ./yabasic graphics_test.yab
fps: 1000
fps: 1000
fps: 17.8571434
fps: 8.064516068
...

Don't know what's wrong with the Makefile since it worked on all other installations with me ... but this workaround should compile the plugin.