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Compile for Linux?

Open CelticJasen opened this issue 3 years ago • 6 comments

Any way this could be compiled to be used on a Linux system?

CelticJasen avatar Feb 21 '22 01:02 CelticJasen

For small projects on Linux this typically involves creating a makefile. CMake is popular these days too and works well for larger projects.

jeffythedragonslayer avatar Jun 08 '22 18:06 jeffythedragonslayer

@CelticJasen You mean the editor/tracker software? Unfortunately, it won't ever compile on Linux as-is because it was written using Borland C++Builder with Windows as the target platform.

Someone would have to reimplement the whole thing as a cross-platform application. It's possible, but it would take a lot of time and effort ...

Ramsis-SNES avatar Aug 02 '22 20:08 Ramsis-SNES

Thank you all for answers. Perhaps, with great effort, the Linux users of the world will find a way. They are quite resourceful.

CelticJasen avatar Aug 03 '22 01:08 CelticJasen

Ok so, I'm not the developer, but I'm gonna fork this after I port it to Lazarus so it works cross platform. I already have all the forms done.

KelvinGuy1 avatar Jun 15 '23 07:06 KelvinGuy1

I have found it works quite well using wine under Linux.

nathancassano avatar Oct 24 '23 20:10 nathancassano

Can confirm, it works great in wine! With that said, wine is bloated if all you're looking to run is a tracker. You kinda have to have a general purpose need for wine first. A flatpak, appimage, or some native compile would definitely be preferred user experience.

KelvinGuy1 avatar Oct 25 '23 00:10 KelvinGuy1