Hi Mark, Finally, because my PC blew up, I never read your email to the end.
I want to thank you properly for the effort you put into it. You're right I do need to get under the bonnet of the various scripts to install Wx in its various forms. I think the process has now started :) Regards Steve > From: Mark Dootson [mailto:mark.doot...@znix.com] > Sent: 07 July 2011 14:42 > To: Steve Cookson > Cc: wxperl-users@perl.org > Subject: Re: Kubuntu 11.4 install > > Steve, > > If you wish to use the development branch of wxWidgets, then you are > better off using the latest release - 2.9.2 > > You'll need to use Alien-wxWidgets from SVN. Eventually, of > course, the > SVN code gets released to CPAN but for now with 2.9.2 you'll need SVN. > > You may also need to decide if you want version 2.8 > compatibility - and > to be honest I have no clue what that would mean in practical > terms, not > using 2.9.2 myself. > > Your build command would look something like the following > > perl Build.PL --wxWidgets-extraflags="--enable-graphics_ctx > --enable-mediactrl" --wxWidgets-build='yes' > --wxWidgets-source='tar.bz2' > --wxWidgets-unicode=1 --wxWidgets-build-opengl=1 > --wxWidgets-version=2.9.2 > > > Note that 2.9.2 doesn't have tar.gz source available - you need the > bzip2 tarball. There is no need to use builtins for the libraries. I > often use them because I'm often building a binary for > re-distribution - > but I can't see it making sense in your case. > > > However, having said the above given that you have a current focus on > fixing issues with wxMediaCtrl, if I were you then I would build > wxWidgets myself outside Alien-wxWidgets as a first step. > > This way, you get to see the output of your options to > ./Configure and > can more easily identify where Configure is not finding the necessary > development libraries to build the options you want - rather than > building the whole thing and then only finding that what you want is > missing when building wxPerl. You also get the advantage of > more easily > building the c++ wxWidgets samples. > > As an example, you could build 2.9.2 with an install prefix of > > /var/local/wxtesting-2.9.2/widgets > > and 2.8.12 > > /var/local/wxtesting-2.8.12/widgets > > when building Alien::wxWidgets + Wx > > ..alien > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/local/wxtesting-2.9.2/widgets/lib > export PERL5LIB=/var/local/wxtesting-2.9.2/perl/lib > perl Build.PL --prefix=/var/local/wxtesting-2.9.2/perl > perl Build test > perl Build install > > ..wx > > perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/var/local/wxtesting-2.9.2/perl > make > make test > make install > > And the same but replacing 2.9.2 with 2.8.12 for your > 'stable' widgets build > > ..alien > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/local/wxtesting-2.8.12/widgets/lib > export PERL5LIB=/var/local/wxtesting-2.8.12/perl/lib > perl Build.PL --prefix=/var/local/wxtesting-2.8.12/perl > perl Build test > perl Build install > > ..wx > > perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/var/local/wxtesting-2.8.12/perl > make > make test > make install > > Having done that, you can rebuild bits of it all without necessarily > having to keep rebuilding the whole. > > You can just switch your PERL5LIB > export PERL5LIB=/var/local/wxtesting-2.9.2/perl/lib > export PERL5LIB=/var/local/wxtesting-2.8.12/perl/lib > > to change the current Wx you are using. > > My thought is, that for both 2.9.2 and 2.8.12 branches, you > can check if > the C++ GStreamer sample works. Once you have a working C++ > sample , you > can look at what, if anything, is getting in the way of the wxPerl > wrapper working. > > It is a big 'ask' if all you want is a working wxMediaCtrl, > but I think > if you are willing to take it on you need to become familiar with the > wxWidgets build and Configure scripts. Then you will be able to build > the base wxWidgets configured how you want it. > > I see 3 main groups of issues: > > 1) Getting correct dependencies so you can build a > functioning wxMediaCtrl > > 2) Getting Wx::MediaCtrl to display anything on many Linux > distros. ( I > haven't managed to do this at all in my dabbling) > > 3) Enhancing wxMediaCtrl to handle streams on all platforms > and fixing > any current 'showstopper' bugs. > > As I understand it, you would really like to tackle 3) and to > do that I > think you would need to be comfortable in building and using > wxWidgets > as a C++ toolkit without any 'Perl' involvement. > > 2) is currently really irritating me. I'm sure there's > something simple > I'm missing. I've never been able to use wxMediaCtrl on Linux > - ever - > so it must be my code / setup as the thing clearly works for > some people > some of the time. > > Well, - I hope some of it helps. > > > Regards > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > On 07/07/2011 12:27, Steve Cookson wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > > I don't know why this hasn't surfaced before. I'm sorry to > say it looks > > like a wrapping problem, but maybe I could avoid it by > suppressing dataview. > > > > I tried --disable-dataview on my perl Build.PL, but it > apparently didn't > > work. Ie > > > > perl Build.PL --wxWidgets-extraflags="--enable-graphics_ctx > > --disable-compat26 --disable-dataview --enable-mediactrl > > --with-libjpeg=builtin > > --with-libpng=builtin --with-regex=builtin --with-libtiff=builtin > > --with-zlib=builtin --with-expat=builtin --with-libxpm=builtin" > > --wxWidgets-build='yes' --wxWidgets-source='tar.gz' > > --wxWidgets-unicode=1 --wxWidgets-build-opengl=1 > --wxWidgets-version=2.9.0 > > > > What do you think? > > > > Regards > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Cookson [mailto:steve.cook...@sca-uk.com] > > Sent: 06 July 2011 11:48 > > To: wxperl-users@perl.org > > Subject: Kubuntu 11.4 install > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > I'm trying to do a full build on Kubuntu 11.4. > > > > So far it's gone quite well. > > > > In fact if I scroll up the media directory seems to have > been processed > > without error which is good news. > > > > However then I had a crash on dataview. > > > > My process was: > > > > downloaded Alien .51 > > perl Build.PL --wxWidgets-extraflags="--enable-graphics_ctx > > --disable-compat26 --enable-mediactrl --with-libjpeg=builtin > > --with-libpng=builtin --with-regex=builtin --with-libtiff=builtin > > --with-zlib=builtin --with-expat=builtin --with-libxpm=builtin" > > --wxWidgets-build='yes' --wxWidgets-source='tar.gz' > > --wxWidgets-unicode=1 --wxWidgets-build-opengl=1 > --wxWidgets-version=2.8.11 > > perl Build > > perl Build test > > perl Build install > > > > > > mkdir wxPerl > > cd wxPerl > > svn > co<https://wxperl.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/wxperl/wxPerl/trunk> > > https://wxperl.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/wxperl/wxPerl/trunk > > <https://wxperl.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/wxperl/wxPerl/trunkcd> > > cd trunk > > perl Makefile.PL > > make > > > > At this point I had a crash with the following error. > > > > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/image/wxPerl/trunk/ext/dataview' > > cp DataView.pm ../../blib/lib/Wx/DataView.pm > > /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp > -noprototypes > > -nolinenumbers -typemap > /usr/share/perl/5.10/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap > > ../../typemap -typemap typemap DataView.xs> DataView.xsc&& mv > > DataView.xsc DataView.c > > g++ -pthread -c -I. -I../.. > > > -I/usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Alien/wxWidgets/gtk_2_9_0_uni/lib > /wx/include/gt > > k2-unicode-release-2.9 > > > -I/usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1/Alien/wxWidgets/gtk_2_9_0_uni/inc > lude/wx-2.9 > > -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe > > -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE > > -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -DVERSION=\"0.01\" > -DXS_VERSION=\"0.01\" > > -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl/5.10/CORE" -DWXPL_EXT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 > > -DWXUSINGDLL -D__WXGTK__ DataView.c > > DataView.c: In function 'void > > XS_Wx__DataViewVirtualListModel_GetCount(PerlInterpreter*, CV*)': > > DataView.c:8201:22: error: 'class > wxDataViewVirtualListModel' has no member > > named 'GetCount' > > make[2]: *** [DataView.o] Error 1 > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/image/wxPerl/trunk/ext/dataview' > > make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 2 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/image/wxPerl/trunk/ext' > > make: *** [subdirs] Error 2 > > > > Any ideas welcome. > > > > Regards > > > > Steve > > >
