True. Gambas2 is good if you want to write an program for yourself. But to distribute it, it sucks.
david On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Bob Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > I've used Gambas before, it's actually pretty cool. The problem is that if > you want to run your app on another machine, the entire Gambas (and > dependencies) need to be installed as well - a serious PITA. Not exactly > good for writing apps you have any plans on distributing. From that > perspective, Gambas is an absolute mess. > > For an actual realistic solution of "Visual Basic for Linux", use > RealStudio. It's not free, but really good stuff. I've been using it to > write distributable GUI Linux apps for many years. > > http://www.realbasic.com > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paul > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 6:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] An Application I just Discovered > > > > This groups is on life support so I figured I'd post a message about an > application I recently discovered. It is a clone of Visual Basic. > > For those who run the chosen distribution the command to install it is: > > sudo aptitude install gambas2 > > Everyone else should go here for more information: > > http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html > > Writing a program with it couldn't be easier. Be warned aptitude will pull > in a lot of packages to make the magic happen. Enjoy! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
