How to install Qcad and Planner alien software?

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WhoDo · #1 Post by **WhoDo** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 06:55

Guys, I need some advice/help in getting access to a couple of packages that are not currently in the Puppy software repository.

I have clients who need Qcad for design and Planner for project management, both of which I believe are available in RPM format for PCLinuxOS.

I have tried installing Qcad from a tarball (sp?), but I don't appear to have the necessary C compiler libraries on my system. Do we have any of those? Can Puppy import from RPM or DEB format?

All help greatly appreciated.

Cheers

#2 Post by **Pizzasgood** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 07:07

unrpm should decompress it. Then you'd either compile it or put it in the correct place (usr/* in /usr/, etc.). If not, you may need to install the unrpm dotpup. There is also an undeb dotpup. I believe they were on the wiki.

Also, MU made a .deb installer I think.

Gn2 · #3 Post by **Gn2** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 07:17

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=IS ... arch&meta=

WhoDo · #4 Post by **WhoDo** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 07:18

Thanks, Pizzasgood. I'll go hunting through the Wikki for those apps you mention.

Much appreciated.

muggins · #5 Post by **muggins** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 07:37

i thought qcad was available somewhere for puppy?

anyway for executables if you do ldd executable-name it will tell you which libraries are missing/required. if there's too many i don't bother, but if it's just a few i download from rpmfind

muggins · #6 Post by **muggins** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 07:50

i don't know about planner, but did you see these 2 links regarding qcad on puppy?

http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... light=qcad

http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... light=qcad

WhoDo · #7 Post by **WhoDo** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 08:41

muggins wrote:i don't know about planner, but did you see these 2 links regarding qcad on puppy?

http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... light=qcad

http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic ... light=qcad

Thanks, Muggins. No, I hadn't seen those threads. I usually avoid searching the board because it usually results in a "phpBB: Critical Error" database timeout and I can't get back in. If I can't find it by browsing the appropriate forum I'm stuck.

I've checked the threads and they refer to the demo version which is time limited. The dotpup created by G2 wasn't for Qcad but for the C++ libraries to run the demo version.

In the meantime I've got the .tar.gz files for both programs. When I try to run ./Configure as the first step I get an error "Unable to locate a suitable ??? compiler". I have the libstdc++ libraries installed, too!

#8 Post by **Pizzasgood** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 19:53

What about the devx_xxx.sfs file? Keep in mind that it needs to be updated with each new Puppy (though sometimes you can get by with renaming an old one).

http://www.puppyos.com/test/

muggins · #9 Post by **muggins** » Wed 25 Oct 2006, 04:40

WhoDo,

for Qcad, maybe try mark's gslapt pup & point it at the itallian slackware site, where they've got a qcad package:

http://www.slacky.it/download/graphic/d ... 86-1AS.tgz

or you could try the damnsmall package at:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... cad.tar.gz

( although i don't see why the slackware.it qcad download is 6M+ & the damnsmall is ca 40M! probably go with the first option.)

WhoDo · #10 Post by **WhoDo** » Wed 25 Oct 2006, 08:50

Pizzasgood wrote:What about the devx_xxx.sfs file? Keep in mind that it needs to be updated with each new Puppy (though sometimes you can get by with renaming an old one).

http://www.puppyos.com/test/

Ok, I've downloaded the file from the link supplied. Now without being rude, can you tell me where to put it?

I'm not sure at this stage whether I'm on Puppy 2.02 or 2.11, so I'll rename the file as suggested if it doesn't work the first time.

GuestToo · #11 Post by **GuestToo** » Wed 25 Oct 2006, 09:00

look in /etc/puppyversion

devx_211.sfs: http://www.puppyos.net/test/

WhoDo · #12 Post by **WhoDo** » Wed 25 Oct 2006, 09:13

GuestToo wrote:look in /etc/puppyversion

devx_211.sfs: http://www.puppyos.net/test/

Thanks, G2
I have devx_202.sfs and thanks to you I know I'm running 2.02.

I am also downloading devx_211.sfs from the link you gave me, because I'm planning an upgrade very shortly (give me 10 minutes

)

Where do I put the devx_xxx.sfs file so the configure scripts will see it?

#13 Post by MU » Wed 25 Oct 2006, 14:51

put it in /mnt/home and reboot.
Then type
gcc

You should get this line:
sh-3.00# gcc
gcc: no input files

Mark

#14 Post by **Pizzasgood** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 01:51

If using an option 2 HD install, it goes in / instead.

WhoDo · #15 Post by **WhoDo** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 07:22

Pizzasgood wrote:If using an option 2 HD install, it goes in / instead.

I now have devx_211.sfs in my / directory. /etc/puppyversion says "211".I have rebooted.

MU wrote:Then type
gcc

You should get this line:
sh-3.00# gcc
gcc: no input files

I then went to a terminal shell and entered gcc:

Result was "command not found"

Someone once told me that if I find myself in a hole the first thing to do is stop digging! I'm too stubborn to follow that advice.

Still getting "error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH" when I attempt to run ./configure, too. Any more ideas (I hope)?

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