Perhaps somebody can point me in the right direction as I'm getting nowhere searching online.
I'm trying to compile rpcemu as per this site - http://www.riscos.info/index.php/RPCEmu_Linux_Guide
I grabbed everything before the marutan site disappeared. The error I'm getting is ./configure: line 4557: ` AM_PATH_ALLEGRO(, , as_fn_error "building RPCemu requires Allegro to be installed" "$LINENO" 5)'
My system is Mandriva 2010 64 bit in case that's important. If I do 'urpmi -a Allegro' it tells me 'Packages lib64allegro4.4-4.4.1.1-1mdv2010.1.x86_64, allegro-jack-plugin-4.4.1.1-1mdv2010.1.x86_64, allegro-4.4.1.1-1mdv2010.1.x86_64, lib64allegro-devel-4.4.1.1-1mdv2010.1.x86_64 are already installed'
but looking for the cause of the error, I found this 'This comes about because aclocal cannot find allegro.m4.' on here - http://wiki.allegro.cc/
If I look in the places pointed to by that error, allegro.m4 is nowhere to be found and it's not found by Dolphin when I do a search.
What am I doing wrong?
On 05 May 15:51, Chris Walker wrote:
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but looking for the cause of the error, I found this 'This comes about because aclocal cannot find allegro.m4.' on here - http://wiki.allegro.cc/
If I look in the places pointed to by that error, allegro.m4 is nowhere to be found and it's not found by Dolphin when I do a search.
That'll probably be in the allegro dev package - try: yum install allegro-dev
Or: yum search allegro-dev
And install the dev packages.
HTH HAND,
On 5 May 2011 16:29, Brett Parker iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk wrote:
On 05 May 15:51, Chris Walker wrote:
<snippity class="probablyOverZealous" />
but looking for the cause of the error, I found this 'This comes about because aclocal cannot find allegro.m4.' on here - http://wiki.allegro.cc/
If I look in the places pointed to by that error, allegro.m4 is nowhere to be found and it's not found by Dolphin when I do a search.
That'll probably be in the allegro dev package - try: yum install allegro-dev
Or: yum search allegro-dev
And install the dev packages.
I'd concur. I've got the 64-bit version running in Debian Testing.
Also, note that sound doesn't work on Linux because the original author never actually got round to implementing it (tho allegedly it worked at one point. by accident!). The Windows version does have sound and works fairly well under WINE.
IME, there are quite a few gotchas getting started with RPCEmu, so the best place to ask questions is on their mailing list:
http://www.riscos.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpcemu
Peter.
On 05/05/11 16:40, samwise wrote:
On 5 May 2011 16:29, Brett ParkeriDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk wrote:
On 05 May 15:51, Chris Walker wrote:
<snippity class="probablyOverZealous" />
but looking for the cause of the error, I found this 'This comes about because aclocal cannot find allegro.m4.' on here - http://wiki.allegro.cc/
If I look in the places pointed to by that error, allegro.m4 is nowhere to be found and it's not found by Dolphin when I do a search.
That'll probably be in the allegro dev package - try: yum install allegro-dev
Or: yum search allegro-dev
And install the dev packages.
I'd concur. I've got the 64-bit version running in Debian Testing.
Also, note that sound doesn't work on Linux because the original author never actually got round to implementing it (tho allegedly it worked at one point. by accident!). The Windows version does have sound and works fairly well under WINE.
That might be the way forward for me as I have the Windows version working fine under Windows 7. I have to say though that I would prefer a native version.
IME, there are quite a few gotchas getting started with RPCEmu, so the best place to ask questions is on their mailing list:
What are these gotchas? Are they linux-related issues or 'Acorn' side? I'm experienced with Acorn stuff having had their kit since 1981. Indeed I have 4 Risc PCs here now and all are working.
I'll certainly take a look at that to see if anybody has experienced the same problem as me.
That might be the way forward for me as I have the Windows version working fine under Windows 7. I have to say though that I would prefer a native version.
I have them both installed and I generally prefer the Windows version when I need to use it - missing sound is annoying. I have allegro 4.4 installed from source, as I needed it for something else and only 4.2 is currently in the Debian repositories. I've compiled Allegro 4.4 on both Debian and Fedora.
What are these gotchas? Are they linux-related issues or 'Acorn' side? I'm experienced with Acorn stuff having had their kit since 1981. Indeed I have 4 Risc PCs here now and all are working.
Emulator-related. Compiling it is a problem for some new users, for a start. :)
After that, getting the right combination of emulated hardware to get a specific version of RISC OS running is a bit hit-and-miss. Networking is somewhat of a dark art. Basically, it all depends what you're wanting to use it for.
I'll certainly take a look at that to see if anybody has experienced the same problem as me.
This is definitely the place to ask RPCEmu questions - the devs are generally fairly helpful, though be aware that the emulator implementation is far from complete and compatibility with the various flavours of RISC OS varies wildly.
Peter.
On 05/05/11 16:29, Brett Parker wrote:
On 05 May 15:51, Chris Walker wrote:
<snippity class="probablyOverZealous" />
but looking for the cause of the error, I found this 'This comes about because aclocal cannot find allegro.m4.' on here - http://wiki.allegro.cc/
If I look in the places pointed to by that error, allegro.m4 is nowhere to be found and it's not found by Dolphin when I do a search.
That'll probably be in the allegro dev package - try: yum install allegro-dev
Or: yum search allegro-dev
And install the dev packages.
HTH HAND,
I tried this :- urpmi allegro-dev Package lib64allegro-devel-4.4.1.1-1mdv2010.1.x86_64 is already installed
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