On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 5:14 AM Bill Barry <b...@billbarry.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 6:08 AM Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> > wrote: > > > > On 07/12/2021 07:13 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > > >[snip] > > > > > > I see a Debian package that might work > > > python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of > > > interpreters (Python2) > > > > > > Bill > > > > A Debian package? > > I don't find it when searching https://packages.debian.org . > > > It could depend on which repositories are in your sources.list, but > this search works: > apt-cache search gw basic > > Bill > Using Docker, I was able to find gw-basic in the latest Debian (sid) and the latest Ubuntu LTS (20.04). However, the current stable Debian and the previous two Ubuntu LTS releases did not have it. $ << 'eof' docker run -i --rm debian:sid apt-get update >& /dev/null apt-cache search gw-basic cat /etc/issue.net eof python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of interpreters (Python2) python3-pcbasic-doc - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of interpreters (doc) Debian GNU/Linux 11 $ << 'eof' docker run -i --rm debian apt-get update >& /dev/null apt-cache search gw-basic cat /etc/issue.net eof Debian GNU/Linux 10 $ << 'eof' docker run -i --rm ubuntu apt-get update >& /dev/null apt-cache search gw-basic cat /etc/issue.net eof python3-pcbasic - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of interpreters (Python2) python3-pcbasic-doc - cross-platform emulator for the GW-BASIC family of interpreters (doc) Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS $ << 'eof' docker run -i --rm ubuntu:18.04 apt-get update >& /dev/null apt-cache search gw-basic cat /etc/issue.net eof Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS $ << 'eof' docker run -i --rm ubuntu:16.04 apt-get update >& /dev/null apt-cache search gw-basic cat /etc/issue.net eof Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS Regards, - Robert
