Thomas - once you've successfully compiled J, do you have a test suite for verifying that it works properly?
Regards, Devon On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Thomas Costigliola <tcost...@gmail.com> wrote: > For an executable to be runnable on a system it needs to be compiled for > the pair of operating system and CPU architecture. Fedora is Linux and > raspberry pi has an ARM CPU. So you need an ARM/Linux build of J. J > software does not provide that combination. The good news is that J can be > compiled for that combination. It is the same configuration as a typical > android device and Michael Dykman has been working with this setup. I have > also compiled and ran J on my phone wich is an ARM/Linux system. > > A side note on ARM CPU's is that there are many different versions with > different hardware features so you may get a faster build by compiling for > the specific ARM features available. > > To summarize, nothing specific needs to be done for Fedora, just ARM/Linux > and the support will be there have no fear. > On Mar 5, 2012 7:47 AM, "Tracy Harms" <kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It just struck me that I did not post this to the optimim forum. I can't >> tell whether it is a better fit for General or Chat. Hopefully it will >> result in technical details on installation, in which case General is the >> place to move this. >> On Mar 4, 2012 10:39 PM, "Tracy Harms" <kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I'll be getting one of the Raspberry Pi computers as soon as I can. The >> > most refined OS for that computer is Fedora, with Arch Linux ARM just >> > showing up. >> > >> > Has anybody been using J on Fedora? >> > >> > My understanding is that Fedora only works with software that is built >> > specifically for Fedora, so source code is needed, so the candidate J >> > version is 7.01. I'd like to know if I'm wrong in thinking this. If I'm >> not >> > in error, I'd like to know whether such building seems easy or not. If >> it's >> > not easy, I'd like to understand what count as impediments. >> > >> > The target audience for Raspberry Pi is education, and I imagine KEI >> would >> > have wanted to see J among the languages that are readily used on a >> > computer with these aims. Several programming languages are being >> included >> > with its stock Fedora installation. >> > >> > Regardless of its target audience, it has been attracting phenomenal >> > attention among computer hobbyists. Having J work on it sooner, rather >> than >> > later, gives a decent chance of catching some attention within this >> > adventurous group as they explore the capabilities of this machine. >> > >> > My personal interest is to have J work on an ultra-portable device with >> no >> > need for internet connection. >> > >> > -- >> > Tracy >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
