GNAT GPL 2009 --doinstall doesn't "do" anything

GNAT GPL 2009 --doinstall doesn't "do" anything

[convergence82]

Contacting Libre was unsuccessful.  I tried typing "doinstall" in a
terminal as superuser and it comes back "unrecognized command".  What
am I doing wrong?  I tried this with GNAT GPL 2008 download, and GNAT
GPL 2009 download.

Thanks,

Steph
PS.  I haven't yet tried the opensuse repository at www.mirrorservice.org
(for 'gcc-ada' and 'gcc43-ada').

Re: GNAT GPL 2009 --doinstall doesn't "do" anything

[Georg Bauhaus]

convergence82 wrote:
> Contacting Libre was unsuccessful.  I tried typing "doinstall" in a
> terminal as superuser and it comes back "unrecognized command".  What
> am I doing wrong?

On Unixoids, PATH does not, by default, include
the current directory.  Typing "./doinstall" should
fix this.

Re: GNAT GPL 2009 --doinstall doesn't "do" anything

[convergence82]

On Jun 8, 7:49 pm, Georg Bauhaus <rm.tsoh.plus-
bug.bauh...@maps.futureapps.de> wrote:
> convergence82 wrote:
> > Contacting Libre was unsuccessful.  I tried typing "doinstall" in a
> > terminal as superuser and it comes back "unrecognized command".  What
> > am I doing wrong?
>
> On Unixoids, PATH does not, by default, include
> the current directory.  Typing "./doinstall" should
> fix this.

Thank you!

Oddly, the guy from Libre couldn't tell me this!!  LOL

Re: GNAT GPL 2009 --doinstall doesn't "do" anything

[convergence82]

On Jun 9, 10:37 am, convergence82 <tiami...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 8, 7:49 pm, Georg Bauhaus <rm.tsoh.plus-
>
> bug.bauh...@maps.futureapps.de> wrote:
> > convergence82 wrote:
> > > Contacting Libre was unsuccessful.  I tried typing "doinstall" in a
> > > terminal as superuser and it comes back "unrecognized command".  What
> > > am I doing wrong?
>
> > On Unixoids, PATH does not, by default, include
> > the current directory.  Typing "./doinstall" should
> > fix this.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Oddly, the guy from Libre couldn't tell me this!!  LOL

openSuse linux question:

So I've installed "gcc-ada" package and "gcc43-ada" package from the
openSuse 11.1 OSS repository (instead of the downloaded GNAT GPL
2009).  How do I access the IDE, or is it completely command line
driven?  Also, if I install GNAT GPL 2009 (using the "./doinstall'),
will that overwrite the gcc-ada install?  And is GNAT GPL 2009 command
line driven, or is there an actual application icon created I can
click on (I don't see an icon for the gcc-ada install)?

Also, if 'gcc-ada' is command line driven, how do I find the help file
for using it?

Thanks,

Steph
PS.  I suppose I could have googled for all this but hey, maybe next
time (LOL)

Re: GNAT GPL 2009 --doinstall doesn't "do" anything

[Georg Bauhaus]

convergence82 wrote:

> openSuse linux question:
> 
> So I've installed "gcc-ada" package and "gcc43-ada" package from the
> openSuse 11.1 OSS repository (instead of the downloaded GNAT GPL
> 2009).  How do I access the IDE, or is it completely command line
> driven?  Also, if I install GNAT GPL 2009 (using the "./doinstall'),
> will that overwrite the gcc-ada install?  And is GNAT GPL 2009 command
> line driven, or is there an actual application icon created I can
> click on (I don't see an icon for the gcc-ada install)?
> 
> Also, if 'gcc-ada' is command line driven, how do I find the help file
> for using it?

(See also
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Installing )

The IDE is a matter of choice. Typically, on GNU/Linux
you have GNAT Programming Studio (GPS), Eclipse with Ada plugin,
Emacs with elaborate Ada mode, or something else of your
choice---I remember at least one other major editing program
with Ada awareness.  SuSE (Debian tends to be a better
choice for Ada) might have corresponding packages.

The ./doinstall GNAT GPL installation will let you
chose a place for GNAT GPL stuff.  By setting the
PATH variable correspondingly, you can choose between
compilers.  (It's that simple. :-) The final screen
of the ./doinstall script will tell you how, for GNAT
GPL.)

I don't remember whether or not a typical GNAT install
will place app icons on the screen. But if you are
running GNOME, there will be clickable items that place
you in a programming environment for Ada.

GPS is Ada centric, of course.  It has some advanced
features like graphical navigation (call chain
displays, e.g.) that you typically expect from a more
pricey offering.
Emacs with Ada mode is quite capable, it works best
after a bit of reading, and requires absence of Emacsphobia.

Re: GNAT GPL 2009 --doinstall doesn't "do" anything

[John B. Matthews]

In article 
<8db59480-7ae4-475a-89af-049ff17cc4b1@z19g2000vbz.googlegroups.com>,
 convergence82 <tiamiata@gmail.com> wrote:

[...]
> So I've installed "gcc-ada" package and "gcc43-ada" package from the 
> openSuse 11.1 OSS repository (instead of the downloaded GNAT GPL 
> 2009).

I don't use SUSE, but GNAT Ada is one of several languages recognized by 
the GNU compiler, gcc. You might try `man gcc` or `man -k gnat`.

[...]
> Also, if 'gcc-ada' is command line driven, how do I find the help file
> for using it?

The GNAT manuals are here: <http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/>

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

Re: GNAT GPL 2009 --doinstall doesn't "do" anything

[Ed Falis]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:25:58 -0400, John B. Matthews  
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>
> The GNAT manuals are here: <http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/>

This contains the most up to the day version of the docs.  There may be a  
few things described that did not make it into the GPL version:  
http://libre.adacore.com/category/developers-center/reference-library/documentation/

Once you install, the exactly right docs for GPL 2009 are in <gnat install  
location>/share/docs.  They're also available under the help menu item in  
GPS, which is an easier way to get at them.

- Ed

Re: GNAT GPL 2009 --doinstall doesn't "do" anything

[Ed Falis]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:25:58 -0400, John B. Matthews  
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> [...]
>> So I've installed "gcc-ada" package and "gcc43-ada" package from the
>> openSuse 11.1 OSS repository (instead of the downloaded GNAT GPL
>> 2009).

Oops, ignore that last message.  I didn't realize you were using the  
openSuse packages.

- Ed