I use J pretty extensively under Fedora and you have been misinformed. They do have a distinct package system (distinct from Debian, that is to say) but binaries may be introduced manually with no issues.
The binaries distributed by jsoftware work just fine. The only building of J I have ever had to undertake was for the Android platform. - michael On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 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 -- - michael dykman - mdyk...@gmail.com May the Source be with you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
