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reply "Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email)" <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
Hello,


The D installation instructions for Linux assume root privileges. I 
didn't manage to install it as non-root, and I need to. Could anyone 
here provide instructions? Then hopefully Walter will paste them onto 
the installation page.


Thanks.

Andrei
Jan 20 2007
next sibling parent reply Brad Roberts <braddr puremagic.com> writes:
Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email) wrote:

 Hello,
 
 
 The D installation instructions for Linux assume root privileges. I 
 didn't manage to install it as non-root, and I need to. Could anyone 
 here provide instructions? Then hopefully Walter will paste them onto 
 the installation page.
 
 
 Thanks.
 
 Andrei


1) unzip the dmd.zip file somewhere, for example:
   a) cd ~
   b) unzip dmd.zip  (assumes dmd.zip is in current dir)
2) chmod u+x ~/dmd/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
3) edit ~/dmd/bin/dmd.conf
   DFLAGS=-I% P%/../src/phobos -L-L% P%/../../dmd/lib

Personally, I don't like putting things like this in my home dir like 
that, but for the sake of keeping it simple that's what I've done here. 
  If you prefer to put it elsewhere, then alter the paths above to suit.

Maybe a better installation procedure would be

1) installpath=~/d   (path to put the binaries)
2) sourcepath=/tmp   (path that has dmd.zip)
3) cd $installpath
4) unzip $sourcepath/dmd.zip
5) chmod u+x $installpath/dmd/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
6) edit $installpath/dmd/bin/dmd.conf
   DFLAGS=-I% P%/../src/phobos -L-L% P%/../../dmd/lib

Walter,
   If you changed the default dmd.conf file to look like that, then no 
one would have to edit it at all.  If you switched to something other 
than .zip that supports permission bits, such as a tarball, then step 2 
could be eliminated.

Later,
Brad
Jan 20 2007
parent reply "Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email)" <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
Brad Roberts wrote:

 Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email) wrote:

 Hello,


 The D installation instructions for Linux assume root privileges. I 
 didn't manage to install it as non-root, and I need to. Could anyone 
 here provide instructions? Then hopefully Walter will paste them onto 
 the installation page.


 Thanks.

 Andrei


 
 1) unzip the dmd.zip file somewhere, for example:
   a) cd ~
   b) unzip dmd.zip  (assumes dmd.zip is in current dir)
 2) chmod u+x ~/dmd/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
 3) edit ~/dmd/bin/dmd.conf
   DFLAGS=-I% P%/../src/phobos -L-L% P%/../../dmd/lib
 
 Personally, I don't like putting things like this in my home dir like 
 that, but for the sake of keeping it simple that's what I've done here. 
  If you prefer to put it elsewhere, then alter the paths above to suit.
 
 Maybe a better installation procedure would be
 
 1) installpath=~/d   (path to put the binaries)
 2) sourcepath=/tmp   (path that has dmd.zip)
 3) cd $installpath
 4) unzip $sourcepath/dmd.zip
 5) chmod u+x $installpath/dmd/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
 6) edit $installpath/dmd/bin/dmd.conf
   DFLAGS=-I% P%/../src/phobos -L-L% P%/../../dmd/lib
 
 Walter,
   If you changed the default dmd.conf file to look like that, then no 
 one would have to edit it at all.  If you switched to something other 
 than .zip that supports permission bits, such as a tarball, then step 2 
 could be eliminated.
 
 Later,
 Brad


A belated note of thanks :o). I only got around to doing this now (I 
passed my generals exam yesterday, yay!).

One thing that ought to be added - the path "wherever/dmd/bin" should be 
added to the PATH variable.

We should add a Unix installation script to the website. How about also 
a little GUI? This "Kommander Editor" looks like could do the trick.


Andrei
Feb 23 2007
parent Dave <Dave_member pathlink.com> writes:
Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email) wrote:

 
 A belated note of thanks :o). I only got around to doing this now (I 
 passed my generals exam yesterday, yay!).
 


Congrats!
Feb 23 2007
prev sibling parent reply Carlos Santander <csantander619 gmail.com> writes:
Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email) escribió:

 Hello,
 
 
 The D installation instructions for Linux assume root privileges. I 
 didn't manage to install it as non-root, and I need to. Could anyone 
 here provide instructions? Then hopefully Walter will paste them onto 
 the installation page.
 
 
 Thanks.
 
 Andrei


There're instructions in 
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/InstallingDCompiler#MethodOne-installinyourhomedirectory
Although I admit that page is a bit hard to find.

-- 
Carlos Santander Bernal
Jan 20 2007
parent =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> writes:
Carlos Santander wrote:


 There're instructions in 
 http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/InstallingDCompiler#MethodOne-instal
inyourhomedirectory 
 
 Although I admit that page is a bit hard to find.


Once upon a time the suggested way of adding stuff
was to put it in the Wiki. So thus I put it there...

It's being linked to from the D Compiler "Comments":
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DocComments/DCompiler


Would be nice if there was a .tgz as well as .zip:
1) without the Windows stuff (smaller download)
2) with the correct line endings (UNIX vs. DOS)
3) with the correct permissions (bin: chmod +x)

But I prefer using packages myself, so I'm using RPM.
(it does require root priviledges to install/update)
It handles updates and requirements* more gracefully.
Walter is free to use any of these, on his DMD page.

--anders

* such as the old libstdc++.so.5 library from "compat"
Jan 21 2007