Re: Ada on Linux

["Paul" <pcas1986@bigpond.net.au>]

Thanks for the replies.  I have been reading the various INSTALL files I'm 
obviously missing something in the installation order, versions 
compatibility etc.  Anyway, the tips have given me something new to check 
out.  Thanks again.

Paul


"Paul" <pcas1986@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message 
news:NxUAi.27134$4A1.22862@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Hi,
>    I'm returning to programming (for pleasure, rather than profit) after a 
> few years working mostly as a manager.  I was writing Ada code back in the 
> '80s.   Although I've used GNAT occasionally on a windows platform I 
> gather it works better on Linux.  However I'm not a Linux expert (far from 
> it!) and I'm getting tied up in knots trying to get a development platform 
> working.
>
> I recently bought a licence for VMWare Workstation 6 on Win XP and I'm 
> trying to get a Glade/GNAT/GTKAda arrangement working in either Fedora or 
> Ubuntu (both installed as host O/S').  Neither installation seems to be 
> able to generate Ada code from Glade without errors.  In Ubuntu I've 
> successively downloaded various versions of GTKAda, GTK+, GLIBC and other 
> 'dependent' packages and all I do is create more errors.
> I do seem to have GNAT installed properly as I can compile and link a 
> simple 'Hello world' test program.
>
> So my question is - does anyone have a simple cookbook/howto to set up a 
> GNAT/Glade compilation system on Linux?  Ada code I can write - 
> understanding Linux is driving me nuts.  Is there a 'standard' directory 
> structure for location of library/include files in Linux?  I'd be grateful 
> for some assistance. None of the Linux manuals I've read so far have been 
> of much help.  Ping me off list if you prefer.
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>