Problems Installing Parrot
Mr. Shawn H. Corey
I am trying to install Parrot and the README file has this:
You'll need a C compiler, a linker and a make program of course. If you
will be linking with the ICU library you have to download and install it
before configuring Parrot.
Get it from http://www-306.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/downloads.jsp
I have downloaded the icu4j_3_4_4.jar but have no idea what to do with
it. Could someone please help?
--
__END__
Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth,
--- Shawn
"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by
doing them."
Aristotle
Jonathan Rockway
> I have downloaded the icu4j_3_4_4.jar but have no idea what to do with
> it. Could someone please help?
>
the tgz C version, just tar xzvf it, cd source; ./configure; make; make
install. Note that most Linux distros have packages for icu. apt-get
install libicu.* will get everything you need on Debian. (On other
distros, be sure to install the -dev or -devel pacakages).
Anyway, here's where I got it from:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/3.4.1/icu-3.4.1.tgz
Regards,
Jonathan Rockway
Chris Dolan
On a related note, I understand that ICU is recommended but not
required for Parrot (right?). After searching in the Parrot docs
subdir a couple weeks ago, I couldn't find more than that. Questions:
1) Is there documentation on how ICU relates to Parrot somewhere
that I missed?
2) How important is ICU?
3) If I build Parrot without ICU, what repercussions should I expect?
This would be a good entry for the FAQs for a cage cleaner.
Thanks,
Chris
--
Chris Dolan, Software Developer, Clotho Advanced Media Inc.
608-294-7900, fax 294-7025, 1435 E Main St, Madison WI 53703
vCard: http://www.chrisdolan.net/ChrisDolan.vcf
Clotho Advanced Media, Inc. - Creators of MediaLandscape Software
(http://www.media-landscape.com/) and partners in the revolutionary
Croquet project (http://www.opencroquet.org/)
Mr. Shawn H. Corey
> On Jul 21, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Jonathan Rockway wrote:
>
>>> I have downloaded the icu4j_3_4_4.jar but have no idea what to do with
>>> it. Could someone please help?
>>>
>> You'll want to get icu4c (icu for C), not icu4j (for java). If you
>> get the tgz C version, just tar xzvf it, cd source; ./configure; make;
>> make install. Note that most Linux distros have packages for icu.
>> apt-get install libicu.* will get everything you need on Debian. (On
>> other distros, be sure to install the -dev or -devel pacakages).
>>
>> Anyway, here's where I got it from:
>> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/3.4.1/icu-3.4.1.tgz
>
> On a related note, I understand that ICU is recommended but not required
> for Parrot (right?). After searching in the Parrot docs subdir a couple
> weeks ago, I couldn't find more than that. Questions:
>
> 1) Is there documentation on how ICU relates to Parrot somewhere that I
> missed?
> 2) How important is ICU?
> 3) If I build Parrot without ICU, what repercussions should I expect?
>
> This would be a good entry for the FAQs for a cage cleaner.
If you're collect questions for the FAQ, here are some Andy Lester
answered for me:
>
> First, my background. I am an experienced programmer having worked with
> Perl since version 4 and worked with C for many years before that. I
> have worked with SCCS and RCS but not CVS nor SVN.
Basically the same stuff.
> 1. Do I need root privileges to install Parrot? Do I need it for Cage
> Cleaners?
You don't even need root at all. You can build in a local directory and
not install.
> 2. How much disk space does this take? What's the best way to get it
> without using too much disk space?
My build directory is 194MB.
> 3. My ISP offers unlimited downloads between midnight and 7 AM (and
> unlimited uploads anytime). Is there away to get CVS/SVN to do its
> updates in this time slot? Or rather is there a way to limit it so it
> doesn't automatically update without permission?
It won't update automatically. Once you have the stuff on your local
system, Subversion is pretty parsimonious with the bandwidth
> 4. Is there a naming convention for Parrot's root directory or can I
> stick it just anywhere?
Anywhere.
> 5. What would be the difference between using SVN and SVK
> <http://www.parrotcode.org/source.html#SVK> ?
Unless you're a Subversion whiz, stick with Subversion, not svk.
Please sign up for perl6-internals, soon to be renamed parrot-porters,
at lists.perl.org. That's where our discussions go on, and where all
the cage cleaners are starting to accumulate. There I can talk about
some high-level plans, and people can pick at things that they find most
interesting. Plus, you can share your questions with other developers, too.
Thanks for joining!
xoxo,
Andy
--
Andy Lester => an...@petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance
Patrick R. Michaud
> Chris Dolan wrote:
> > 1. Do I need root privileges to install Parrot? Do I need it for Cage
> > Cleaners?
>
> You don't even need root at all. You can build in a local directory and
> not install.
In fact, for those who are developing parrot the current
recommendation is to *not* install it, as it often produces later
collisions between installed and local copies of parrot.
Pm
Chris Dolan
> Chris Dolan wrote:
>> This would be a good entry for the FAQs for a cage cleaner.
>
> If you're collect questions for the FAQ, here are some Andy Lester
> answered for me:
I'm not, actually. :-(
Could you do one of the following, in order of preference:
1) Write these up as a patch to the FAQ
2) Write these up as a patch for cage/TODO.pod
3) Submit an RT bug to add these to the FAQ