Re: GNAT & GPS on Linpus Linux

[Gautier <gautier@fakeaddress.nil>]

A followup on that topic, now that I have GNAT (GPL 2008)
running on this netbook:

In case it could help people in a similar context,
here are the steps to successfully install GNAT on a
machine with a pre-installed "Linpus Lite" Linux system.
The first two steps are rather to facilitate the
installation of any software and are not specific to GNAT.

1) From the UI, start xfce_settings_show (you get it
through a terminal window (file manager: File menu) or
via Alt-F2).
Select the "Desktop" icon, the "Behavior" tab and enable
the "show desktop menu on right click" option.

2) From the Desktop menu available now, you have access
to *lots* of things (applications, options) you hadn't
access to before. Select System, then Add/Remove software.
Install any gcc-based development tool. It is for having
the "make" utility available as well as the right libraries
in the right place (/usr/lib) for the GNAT linking to
complete successfully. The proposed Ada pack is superfluous
(a very old version).

3) Download the GPL GNAT from http://libre.adacore.com/
and unpack it some directory.

4) In a terminal window, go to directory of step 3 if necessary
and type sudo ./doinstall and say yes to all questions...

5) To have GNAT available from any directory, you need to
change the path: in the /home/user/.bashrc file, add the line:
export PATH=/usr/gnat/bin:$PATH

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