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reply torhu <fake address.dude> writes:
I've put libphobos.a in /usr/lib/.

I've installed everything else in ~/dmd, and added it to PATH.

when trying to compile something, I get this:

user ubuntu:~$ dmd test.d
gcc test.o -o test -m32 -Xlinker -L/home/user/dmd/bin/../lib -lphobos 
-lpthread -lm
/usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
--- errorlevel 1
Jul 08 2007
next sibling parent Frits van Bommel <fvbommel REMwOVExCAPSs.nl> writes:
torhu wrote:

 I've put libphobos.a in /usr/lib/.
 
 I've installed everything else in ~/dmd, and added it to PATH.
 
 when trying to compile something, I get this:
 
 user ubuntu:~$ dmd test.d
 gcc test.o -o test -m32 -Xlinker -L/home/user/dmd/bin/../lib -lphobos 
 -lpthread -lm
 /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
 --- errorlevel 1


That file is part of the C runtime library, IIRC. Can you successfully 
compile & link C programs with gcc?
Jul 08 2007
prev sibling parent reply "Anders Bergh" <anders1 gmail.com> writes:
On 7/8/07, torhu <fake address.dude> wrote:

 user ubuntu:~$ dmd test.d


Try apt-get install build-essential, which will install everything
that's needed to build C applications.

-- 
Anders
Jul 08 2007
parent reply torhu <fake address.dude> writes:
Anders Bergh wrote:

 On 7/8/07, torhu <fake address.dude> wrote:

 user ubuntu:~$ dmd test.d


 
 Try apt-get install build-essential, which will install everything
 that's needed to build C applications.
 


I have a hard time believing that a default Ubuntu install is unable to 
build C applications.  So the problem has to be something else.
Jul 08 2007
next sibling parent reply Frits van Bommel <fvbommel REMwOVExCAPSs.nl> writes:
torhu wrote:

 Anders Bergh wrote:

 On 7/8/07, torhu <fake address.dude> wrote:

 user ubuntu:~$ dmd test.d


 Try apt-get install build-essential, which will install everything
 that's needed to build C applications.


 
 I have a hard time believing that a default Ubuntu install is unable to 
 build C applications.  So the problem has to be something else.


Actually, I'm quite sure it is unable to do so (at least every version 
I've tried, which doesn't include 7.04). IIRC the reasoning is that 
"normal users" don't need to compile stuff, so they're one of the few 
Linux distributions (AFAIK) that don't install a full build environment 
by default.
If you haven't installed build-essential (or at least the relevant 
packages on which it depends) I suggest you try that.
Jul 08 2007
parent reply Frits van Bommel <fvbommel REMwOVExCAPSs.nl> writes:
Frits van Bommel wrote:

 Actually, I'm quite sure it is unable to do so (at least every version 
 I've tried, which doesn't include 7.04).


Though I'm surprised it didn't complain about not having a program named 
'gcc' if this was your problem. Did you install that manually?
(I have a hard time believing they'd add gcc to the default install but 
forgot the C library)
If you've installed gcc manually (apt-get install gcc) you may have 
forgotten to also install libc6-dev (which is recommended when 
installing gcc, but not a requirement -- though you'll need it in pretty 
much any normal program).
Installing build-essential should make sure you didn't miss anything else...
Jul 08 2007
parent torhu <fake address.dude> writes:
Frits van Bommel wrote:

 Frits van Bommel wrote:

 Actually, I'm quite sure it is unable to do so (at least every version 
 I've tried, which doesn't include 7.04).


 
 Though I'm surprised it didn't complain about not having a program named 
 'gcc' if this was your problem. Did you install that manually?
 (I have a hard time believing they'd add gcc to the default install but 
 forgot the C library)
 If you've installed gcc manually (apt-get install gcc) you may have 
 forgotten to also install libc6-dev (which is recommended when 
 installing gcc, but not a requirement -- though you'll need it in pretty 
 much any normal program).
 Installing build-essential should make sure you didn't miss anything else...


Installing build-essentials did the trick.  gcc was already installed, 
and libc6-dev was not.
Jul 08 2007
prev sibling parent reply "Anders Bergh" <anders1 gmail.com> writes:
On 7/8/07, torhu <fake address.dude> wrote:

 I have a hard time believing that a default Ubuntu install is unable to
 build C applications.  So the problem has to be something else.


Just try it. Every time I installed Ubuntu I had to install
build-essential for compiling to work.

-- 
Anders
Jul 08 2007
parent torhu <fake address.dude> writes:
Anders Bergh wrote:

 On 7/8/07, torhu <fake address.dude> wrote:

 I have a hard time believing that a default Ubuntu install is unable to
 build C applications.  So the problem has to be something else.


 Just try it. Every time I installed Ubuntu I had to install
 build-essential for compiling to work.
 


I'll try it the next time I boot into ubuntu.

I'm actually using wubi-installer.org, which I'm quite happy with. 
Almost hassle-free linux/windows multiboot, it doesn't touch the MBR or 
partition tables at all.

I spent four hours trying to get vmware player and vmware server to work 
properly.  Not a pleasant experience, and it installs some stuff that 
slows down windows startup a lot.  I just need linux for testing 
cross-platform code and build systems.

Someone should file a bug telling Walter to fix the linux DMD install 
instructions.  Just putting softlinks in /urs/local/bin does not work, 
because dmd won't find the phobos source that way.  Either dmd.conf has 
to be fixed, or you have to put dmd/bin in your path instead of 
softlinking.  I'm just mentioning it, in case someone feels like taking 
on that crusade. ;)
Jul 08 2007