On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 6:24 AM, John Porubek <jporu...@gmail.com> wrote: > So my question for Chris, or anyone else who feels like chiming in, is: What > problems am I likely to encounter in getting Factor to run under NixOS?
You shouldn't have problems building from source. I just tested and it builds fine. Problems happen when you run though since NixOS has a non-standard file system layout. There is no '/usr/lib', etc. With correct applications of LD_LIBRARY_PATH it'll run fine. The way to do Factor development in NixOS would be to create an 'environment' like I did in my Firefox post: <http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2014/05/15/firefox-development-on-nixos.html> This would set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the correct locations depending on the versions of Gtk, OpenGL, etc you are using for that particular environment. A separate definition could be used for runtime Factor apps to make sure they pick up the correct locations. Let me know if you want examples or to create one for you to try. You could use this on any Linux distribution by installing the Nix package manager if you wanted to test without trying NixOS completely. Chris. -- http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
