gnupic: Trouble compiling Gpsim.
Subject:
Re: Trouble compiling Gpsim.
From:
Scott Dattalo ####@####.####
Date:
8 Aug 2001 20:46:14 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108081548300.30294-100000@tempest.blackhat.net>
On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Eamon Skelton wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 August 2001 00:18, Eamon Skelton wrote:
>
> > My first few attempts at compiling Gpsim-0.20.10 have failed
> > miserably <snip>
>
> I got it working at last. I didn't have Gnu Readline installed on
> my system. I installed Gnu Readline 4.2 and found I still couldn't
> compile Gpsim. I tried uninstalling readline 4.2 and installing
> readline 4.1 instead. That solved the first problem. Next I
> had to install Popt-1.5. Then I was able compile Gpsim.
0.20.12 (not released) has a patch that'll get rid of this darned
Readline bug (again).
>
> I like the program a lot. I find I can run simulations faster
> than running the same program on a 4MHz PIC. That
> makes it hundreds of times faster than the old DOS
> simulator I used to use! (PSIM5X)
This was one of the reasons why gpsim was started. The other
simulators are just too slow to be useful for many tasks.
> To build Gpsim-0.20.10, I needed:
>
> eXdbm-0.1.0b2.tar.gz special version from Gpsim web site.
>
> gtk+extra-0.99.16.tar.gz from gtk+extra web site.
>
> readline-4.1.tar.gz from ftp.gnu.org 4.2 wouldn't work for me.
>
> popt-1.5.tar.gz can't remember where I found it.
I'll add references in the INSTALL directions to these.
> Many thanks to Scott and Matt for their help. Who says you don't get good
> support with open-source software?
Thanks.
