• Michael P. (4/4) May 10 2009 Okay, I've been trying to install DMD on Ubuntu for a while, but I just ...
• Jesse Phillips (19/25) May 10 2009 I assume you have already tried the .deb or have no desire to use it and...
• Michael P. (7/22) May 10 2009 Okay, so this is what I tried to do.
• Frits van Bommel (2/9) May 10 2009 Looks like you didn't "chmod +x" it. Zip files don't store *nix permissi...
• Michael P. (9/19) May 10 2009 Okay, but what should I do to fix that? I tried:
• Mike Parker (3/25) May 10 2009 Try adding 'sudo' to the front of the chmod command line. You have to
• Michael P. (17/43) May 10 2009 Okay, I still can't run dmd. I get the same thing. But it works when I d...
• Michael P. (2/49) May 10 2009 BTW, I did get a .d file to compile. Had to use 'sudo dmd' and not just ...
• grauzone (3/50) May 10 2009 The files are probably not readable (r) or executable (x) by all other
• Jarrett Billingsley (2/4) May 10 2009 Of course, prepend 'sudo' :|
• Michael P. (3/9) May 11 2009 That worked.
• Jesse Phillips (5/30) May 11 2009 Thank you for letting me know, hopefully the script has been fixed.
• Vincenzo Ampolo (6/8) May 10 2009 Hi,

Michael P. <baseball.mjp gmail.com> writes:

Okay, I've been trying to install DMD on Ubuntu for a while, but I just can't
get it. Is there an up to date guide on installing DMD on Ubuntu?
I'm new to Linux too. :P
I've tried quite a bit of googling, and found some stuff, but quite a bit of it
won't work with the latest release, where there are separate directories for
linux, mac, and windows.
Help. :)

Jesse Phillips <jessekphillips gmail.com> writes:

On Sun, 10 May 2009 17:14:12 -0400, Michael P. wrote:

 Okay, I've been trying to install DMD on Ubuntu for a while, but I just
 can't get it. Is there an up to date guide on installing DMD on Ubuntu?
 I'm new to Linux too. :P
 I've tried quite a bit of googling, and found some stuff, but quite a
 bit of it won't work with the latest release, where there are separate
 directories for linux, mac, and windows. Help. :)

I assume you have already tried the .deb or have no desire to use it and 
aren't going to use Tango. The simplest is to extract it and put dmd/
linux/bin in your path. 

$ PATH=$PATH:$HOME/dmd/linux/bin

I'm going to suggest install-d.sh: http://groups.google.com/group/
dlanguage/files

But I have to warn you that it doesn't have the most thorough testing, 
and currently only works if you install as root. To download and install 
version 1.043

$ sudo ./install-d -d -v 1.043

As for doing this by hand. The two directories you are interested in are 
src/ and linux/ the others are just manuals and other operating systems.

copy the files found in linux/ to /usr/local/

copy src/phobos to /usr/local/include/

With this you'd need to edit dmd.conf to look more like this

$ vim /usr/local/bin/dmd.conf

[Environment]

DFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include/phobos -L-L/usr/local/lib

Michael P. <baseball.mjp gmail.com> writes:

Jesse Phillips Wrote:
 
 As for doing this by hand. The two directories you are interested in are 
 src/ and linux/ the others are just manuals and other operating systems.
 
 copy the files found in linux/ to /usr/local/
 
 copy src/phobos to /usr/local/include/
 
 With this you'd need to edit dmd.conf to look more like this
 
 $ vim /usr/local/bin/dmd.conf
 
 [Environment]
 
 DFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include/phobos -L-L/usr/local/lib

Okay, so this is what I tried to do.
But when I type dmd in the terminal, I get this:

michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
michael ubuntu:~$ 

Do you know why?

Frits van Bommel <fvbommel REMwOVExCAPSs.nl> writes:

Michael P. wrote:
 But when I type dmd in the terminal, I get this:
 
 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ 
 
 Do you know why?

Looks like you didn't "chmod +x" it. Zip files don't store *nix permissions...

Michael P. <baseball.mjp gmail.com> writes:

Frits van Bommel Wrote:

 Michael P. wrote:
 But when I type dmd in the terminal, I get this:
 
 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ 
 
 Do you know why?

 
 Looks like you didn't "chmod +x" it. Zip files don't store *nix permissions...

Okay, but what should I do to fix that? I tried:
michael ubuntu:~$ chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dmd': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dumpobj': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/obj2asm': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/rdmd': Operation not permitted
michael ubuntu:~$ 
but that happened. :(

Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:

Michael P. wrote:
 Frits van Bommel Wrote:
 
 Michael P. wrote:
 But when I type dmd in the terminal, I get this:

 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ 

 Do you know why?

 Looks like you didn't "chmod +x" it. Zip files don't store *nix permissions...

 
 Okay, but what should I do to fix that? I tried:
 michael ubuntu:~$ chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dmd': Operation not permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dumpobj': Operation not
permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/obj2asm': Operation not
permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/rdmd': Operation not permitted
 michael ubuntu:~$ 
 but that happened. :(
 
 

Try adding 'sudo' to the front of the chmod command line. You have to 
execute it as root.

Michael P. <baseball.mjp gmail.com> writes:

Mike Parker Wrote:

 Michael P. wrote:
 Frits van Bommel Wrote:
 
 Michael P. wrote:
 But when I type dmd in the terminal, I get this:

 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ 

 Do you know why?

 Looks like you didn't "chmod +x" it. Zip files don't store *nix permissions...

 
 Okay, but what should I do to fix that? I tried:
 michael ubuntu:~$ chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dmd': Operation not permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dumpobj': Operation not
permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/obj2asm': Operation not
permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/rdmd': Operation not permitted
 michael ubuntu:~$ 
 but that happened. :(
 
 

 
 Try adding 'sudo' to the front of the chmod command line. You have to 
 execute it as root.

Okay, I still can't run dmd. I get the same thing. But it works when I do sudo
dmd.

michael ubuntu:~/d$ cd ..
michael ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
[sudo] password for michael: 
michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
michael ubuntu:~$ sudo dmd
Digital Mars D Compiler v1.043
Copyright (c) 1999-2009 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright
Documentation: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/index.html
Usage:
*snip*
michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
michael ubuntu:~$ 

Any suggestions now?

Michael P. <baseball.mjp gmail.com> writes:

Michael P. Wrote:

 Mike Parker Wrote:
 
 Michael P. wrote:
 Frits van Bommel Wrote:
 
 Michael P. wrote:
 But when I type dmd in the terminal, I get this:

 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ 

 Do you know why?

 Looks like you didn't "chmod +x" it. Zip files don't store *nix permissions...

 
 Okay, but what should I do to fix that? I tried:
 michael ubuntu:~$ chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dmd': Operation not permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dumpobj': Operation not
permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/obj2asm': Operation not
permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/rdmd': Operation not permitted
 michael ubuntu:~$ 
 but that happened. :(
 
 

 
 Try adding 'sudo' to the front of the chmod command line. You have to 
 execute it as root.

 
 Okay, I still can't run dmd. I get the same thing. But it works when I do sudo
dmd.
 
 michael ubuntu:~/d$ cd ..
 michael ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
 [sudo] password for michael: 
 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ sudo dmd
 Digital Mars D Compiler v1.043
 Copyright (c) 1999-2009 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright
 Documentation: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/index.html
 Usage:
 *snip*
 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ 
 
 Any suggestions now?

BTW, I did get a .d file to compile. Had to use 'sudo dmd' and not just 'dmd'.

grauzone <none example.net> writes:

Michael P. wrote:
 Michael P. Wrote:
 
 Mike Parker Wrote:

 Michael P. wrote:
 Frits van Bommel Wrote:

 Michael P. wrote:
 But when I type dmd in the terminal, I get this:

 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ 

 Do you know why?

 Looks like you didn't "chmod +x" it. Zip files don't store *nix permissions...

 Okay, but what should I do to fix that? I tried:
 michael ubuntu:~$ chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dmd': Operation not permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/dumpobj': Operation not
permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/obj2asm': Operation not
permitted
 chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/bin/rdmd': Operation not permitted
 michael ubuntu:~$ 
 but that happened. :(

 Try adding 'sudo' to the front of the chmod command line. You have to 
 execute it as root.

 Okay, I still can't run dmd. I get the same thing. But it works when I do sudo
dmd.

 michael ubuntu:~/d$ cd ..
 michael ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/{dmd,dumpobj,obj2asm,rdmd}
 [sudo] password for michael: 
 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ sudo dmd
 Digital Mars D Compiler v1.043
 Copyright (c) 1999-2009 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright
 Documentation: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/index.html
 Usage:
 *snip*
 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied
 michael ubuntu:~$ 

 Any suggestions now?

 BTW, I did get a .d file to compile. Had to use 'sudo dmd' and not just 'dmd'.

The files are probably not readable (r) or executable (x) by all other 
users (o). Try "chmod o+rx /usr/local/bin/dmd".

Jarrett Billingsley <jarrett.billingsley gmail.com> writes:

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:17 PM, grauzone <none example.net> wrote:

 The files are probably not readable (r) or executable (x) by all other users
 (o). Try "chmod o+rx /usr/local/bin/dmd".

Of course, prepend 'sudo' :|

Michael P. <baseball.mjp gmail.com> writes:

Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:

 On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:17 PM, grauzone <none example.net> wrote:
 
 The files are probably not readable (r) or executable (x) by all other users
 (o). Try "chmod o+rx /usr/local/bin/dmd".

 
 Of course, prepend 'sudo' :|

That worked.
Thanks for everyone's help. :)

Jesse Phillips <jessekphillips gmail.com> writes:

On Sun, 10 May 2009 20:23:52 -0400, Michael P. wrote:

 Jesse Phillips Wrote:
 
 As for doing this by hand. The two directories you are interested in
 are src/ and linux/ the others are just manuals and other operating
 systems.
 
 copy the files found in linux/ to /usr/local/
 
 copy src/phobos to /usr/local/include/
 
 With this you'd need to edit dmd.conf to look more like this
 
 $ vim /usr/local/bin/dmd.conf
 
 [Environment]
 
 DFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include/phobos -L-L/usr/local/lib

 
 Okay, so this is what I tried to do.
 But when I type dmd in the terminal, I get this:
 
 michael ubuntu:~$ dmd
 bash: /usr/local/bin/dmd: Permission denied michael ubuntu:~$
 
 Do you know why?

Thank you for letting me know, hopefully the script has been fixed.

FYI, you can install version 2 side-by-side and use dmd-switch.sh to 
change which will be executed. You should be able to do the same with 
Tango and Phobos if you use install-tango.sh

Vincenzo Ampolo <vincenzo.ampolo gmail.com> writes:

Michael P.  wrote:

 Okay, I've been trying to install DMD on Ubuntu for a while, but I just
 can't get it. Is there an up to date guide on installing DMD on Ubuntu?

Hi,
If you give up installing DMD you could try ldc 
http://www.dsource.org/projects/ldc
which has ready ubuntu packages (x86, x86_64/amd64, lpia) and daily 
builds, http://www.dsource.org/projects/ldc#Ubuntuldcandldcdailypackages