Build Io on Fedora Core 5

Following in my own footsteps — yes, it is a recursive process — here are the steps required to install Io on Fedora Core 5.

sudo yum install freeglut-devel pcre-devel libevent-devel

Once again, libsgml needs a special treatment:

> wget http://www.hick.org/code/skape/libsgml/libsgml-1.1.4.tar.gz
[...]
> tar xfz libsgml-1.1.4.tar.gz
> cd libsgml-1.1.4
> ./configure
[...]
> make

At this point, you will need to edit the Makefile. Replace:

install -m 644 -o root -g root --directory /usr/local/include/sgml

by:

install -o root -g root --directory /usr/local/include/sgml
install -m 644 -o root -g root include/Variant.h \
    /usr/local/include/sgml/Variant.h

Save your modifications and proceed with:

> sudo make install

Finally, to download, build and install Io:

> sudo yum install darcs
[...]
> darcs get http://www.iolanguage.com/darcs/Io
[...]
> cd Io
> make
[...]
> sudo make install

Enjoy Io!

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Io podcast

Rodney Ramdas, from pinupgeek, recorded the first episode of the Io podcast. His guests are Steve Dekorte, Io’s creator, and Jonathan Wright (aka quag) who does the night shift. It can’t get any better in the Io world!

Good luck Rodney for the podcast!

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Build Io on Ubuntu Dapper

The Io language has a brand new build system. Gone is the static linking, Io is now dynamically linked. I believe the build system is far better than its predecessor.

It will need a couple of iterations to iron out a couple of problems. The detection of the dependencies for the bindings needs a small revision: it only checks for the libraries, not the header files. This is problematic on debian based system where, traditionally, a library X is in a package named libX and the header files in libX-dev.

If you want to experience Io on Dapper, you will have to do the following:

> sudo apt-get install build-essential
  libsqlite0-dev
  libpcre3-dev
  libfreetype6-dev
  freeglut3-dev
  libgmp3-dev
  libncurses5-dev
  libpng12-dev
  libtiff4-dev
  libevent-dev
[...]
> sudo ldconfig

To get the SGML binding working, you will have to get your hands dirty with libsgml. Here is how:

> wget http://www.hick.org/code/skape/libsgml/libsgml-1.1.4.tar.gz
[...]
> tar xfz libsgml-1.1.4.tar.gz
[...]
> cd libsgml-1.1.4
> ./configure
[...]
> make
[...]

Before going any further, you need to edit the Makefile and change the first line of the install target from:

install -m 644 -o root -g root --directory /usr/local/include/sgml

into this:

install -o root -g root --directory /usr/local/include/sgml
install -m 644 -o root -g root include/Variant.h \
    /usr/local/include/sgml/Variant.h

Don’t ask… Finally, to install libsgml in a relatively clean way, I suggest using checkinstall like this:

> sudo apt-get install checkinstall
> sudo checkinstall

The stage is ready for Io:

> sudo apt-get install darcs
[...]
> darcs get http://www.iolanguage.com/darcs/Io
[...]
> cd Io
> make

May the cloning begin!

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Updated on 05/09/06: fixed typo, thanks to Jesse’s comment.