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Old 03-26-2009
Trying to native compile Linux Dialog
Hi,

as my thread has been moved to Debian.
I don't run Debian machine.
My machine is Linux embedded router - mipsel.
Sources come from Debian, but Dialog sources are GNU,
so no Debian specific.

Native compilation vs. crosscompilation,
exactly to let you know, that I don't run Debian machine.

Today native compiled Dialog once again.
No errors.

Code:
LEDIR=\"/opt/dialog/share/locale\" -c textbox.c
gcc -g -O2  -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -DLOCALEDIR=\"/opt/dialog/share/locale\" -c ui_getc.c
gcc -g -O2  -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -DLOCALEDIR=\"/opt/dialog/share/locale\" -c util.c
gcc -g -O2  -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -DLOCALEDIR=\"/opt/dialog/share/locale\" -c version.c
gcc -g -O2  -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -DLOCALEDIR=\"/opt/dialog/share/locale\" -c yesno.c
ar -cr libdialog.a trace.o rc.o calendar.o fselect.o timebox.o formbox.o guage.o pause.o progressbox.o tailbox.o mixedform.o mixedgauge.o arrows.o buttons.o checklist.o columns.o dlg_keys.o editbox.o inputbox.o inputstr.o menubox.o mouse.o mousewget.o msgbox.o textbox.o ui_getc.o util.o version.o yesno.o
ranlib libdialog.a
gcc -g -O2  -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -DLOCALEDIR=\"/opt/dialog/share/locale\" -c dialog.c
gcc -o dialog dialog.o -L. -ldialog  -lncurses  -lm -L/lib
[admin@oo dialog]$ make install
making install
./mkdirs.sh /opt/dialog/bin
mkdir /opt/dialog/bin
/opt/bin/install -c dialog /opt/dialog/bin/`echo dialog |sed s,x,x,`
./mkdirs.sh /opt/dialog/man/man1
mkdir /opt/dialog/man
mkdir /opt/dialog/man/man1
/opt/bin/install -c -m 644 ./dialog.1 /opt/dialog/man/man1/`echo dialog |sed s,x,x,`.1
made install
[admin@oo dialog]$ dialog
-sh: dialog: not found
[admin@oo dialog]$ cd .
[admin@oo dialog]$ /
-sh: /: Permission denied
[admin@oo dialog]$ cd .
[admin@oo dialog]$ cd ..
[admin@oo /opt]$ cd ..
[admin@oo /]$ mc

[admin@oo /]$ dialog
-sh: dialog: not found
[admin@oo /]$ cd opt/dialog
[admin@oo dialog]$ dialog
-sh: dialog: not found
[admin@oo dialog]$

Could you kindly
Trying to native compile Debian Dialog
# 2  
Old 03-27-2009
It looks like it's not in your shell's search path.

Go to the directory where the dialog binary is and do

./dialog

To make sure the file is there, do

ls ./dialog

HTH
# 3  
Old 03-29-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by mgessner
It looks like it's not in your shell's search path.

Go to the directory where the dialog binary is and do

./dialog

To make sure the file is there, do

ls ./dialog

HTH
I have added path, exported path and it worked as in your example only.
My friend helped me a lot and now I can run
dialog from a command line from any directory.

It works really excellent as I try some examples from the next
and changing directory each time was a nightmare.

thanks

Jack

[admin@oo bin]$ dialog
cdialog (ComeOn Dialog!) version 1.1-20080819

[admin@oo /]$ dialog
cdialog (ComeOn Dialog!) version 1.1-20080819

[admin@oo /tmp]$ dialog
cdialog (ComeOn Dialog!) version 1.1-20080819
 
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