From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,b2dc1ee691d4409b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.scarlet.biz!news.scarlet.biz.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:20:56 -0500 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: OT: Installing Debian (was Re: Latest GNAT version) References: <1123683679.695932.12540@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1123687721.246790.27700@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1123756284.547833.177350@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> From: Ludovic Brenta Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:22:02 +0200 Message-ID: <87vf28tjc5.fsf_-_@tiscali.be> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AvmRO0/E2F4iOwwRJnRxw5is1M0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.134.240.218 X-Trace: sv3-iUIwzCulpxOJrtmnWug/Wx8c6HZuC98qC+K6zVjjtLMW83XhmcS0pwMdWRqfO/ymD4Nr1QaQR1Ttzhs!Kcni6rm2ftAPUd188aMKs8lqU+Od8e2a23n+6Z0qkTlMDZgtVAVgriCkXSdbX0UqaxT2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.be X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.biz X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4119 Date: 2005-08-14T21:22:02+02:00 List-Id: Randy writes: > I have an extra drive that I can make into a linux system. If you > don't mind helping me set it up I will set my system to dual boot > and learn more about it. What do you say? I don't mind helping, but it may be difficult from a distance. Most installation problems are related to hardware support and initial configuration. There are also many questions that I cannot answer. If you are a total newbie and have never installed an operating system before, I suggest you find the Linux User Group nearest to you[1]. Send them an email, and go to their next scheduled Linux Copy Party/Install Party with your computer and a couple of blank CD-Rs; they will be more than happy to assist you and provide answers. They might even do the installation for you. [1] http://www.linux.org/groups/index.html For example, here in Brussels[2] we have a LCP/IP every 4th sunday of the month at the university. The Brussels LUG is quite heavily biased in favour of Debian; this may or may not be the case of your local LUG, but do insist on Debian or one of its derivatives if you want to do Ada. [2] http://www.bxlug.be If you are more advanced, feel free to download the net-install CD-ROM (100 Mb) and install yourself; this is not very difficult if you know your hardware well and take the time to read the installation manual. General help with installation and usage of Debian can be obtained in vast quantities and for free on debian-user@lists.debian.org. Once you have your base Debian installed, you will want to install the Ada-related packages. In Debian, one command does it all: "apt-get". To install packages X and Y, you type: "apt-get install X Y" on a command line, and apt-get takes care of the rest. To begin with, you will most probably want: gnat 3.15p-12 The GNU Ada 95 compiler gnat-doc 3.15p-1 Documentation for the GNU Ada compiler gnat-gdb 5.3.gnat.0.0.20030225-8 Ada-aware version of GDB gnat-gdb-doc 5.3.gnat.0.0.20030225-8 Documentation for the Ada-aware version of GDB gnat-gps 2.1.0-4 The GNAT Programming System - advanced IDE for C and Ada gnat-gps-doc 2.1.0-4 The GNAT Programming System - documentation libcharles0-dev 0.0.20050217-1 Data structure library for Ada95 modelled on the C++ STL For more advanced or specific usage, additional packages available in Debian include: adacgi 1.6-6 Ada CGI interface asis-programs 3.15p-4 Ada Semantic Interface Specification (ASIS) example programs gnade-dev 1.5.1-2 Develoment files for the GNat Ada Database Environment gnade-doc 1.5.1-2 Documentation files for the GNat Ada Database Environment gnat-glade 3.15p-7 Distributed Systems Annex for GNAT (GNU Ada 95 compiler) gnat-glade-doc 3.15p-4 GNAT Distributed Systems Annex documentation libadabindx-dev 0.7.2-4 Ada binding to the X Window System and *tif libadasockets0-dev 1.8.4.7-1 bindings for socket services in Ada libasis-3.15p-1-dev 3.15p-4 Ada Semantic Interface Specification (ASIS) headers and libraries libaunit-dev 1.01-1 AUnit, a unit testing framework for Ada libaws-dev 2.0p-4 Ada Web Server development files libaws-doc 2.0p-4 Ada Web Server documentation libflorist-3.15p-1-dev 3.15p-4 POSIX.5 Ada interface to operating system services libgtkada2-dev 2.4.0-4 Development files for libgtkada2 libgtkada2-doc 2.4.0-4 Documentation for libgtkada2 libopentoken-dev 3.0b-1 OpenToken lexical analysis library for Ada libtexttools-dev 2.0.3-1 Ada and C++ library for writing console applications libxmlada1-dev 1.0-2 XML/Ada, a full XML suite for Ada programmers -- Ludovic Brenta.