XLinSpeak compilation and installation instructions for Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit

[killerkalamari]

1. Problems compiling 32-bit version on 64-bit:

gcc -g -shared -fvisibility=hidden -fPIC -o lin32.xpl \
    -Wall -Wextra -m32 \
            -I SDK/CHeaders/XPLM xpl.c hook.c hook.h sec.c sec.h len.c len.h utils.c utils.h hook_asm32.o -L. -lspeechd
In file included from xpl.c:6:0:
/usr/include/stdio.h:27:10: fatal error: bits/libc-header-start.h: No such file or directory
 #include <bits/libc-header-start.h>
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.

Solution: Could install gcc-multilib, 32-bit libraries, etc. But the easy fix is to skip compilation of the 32-bit version. make lin64.xpl

2. Missing XPLM headers:

nasm -f elf64 -o hook_asm64.o hook_asm64.asm
gcc -g -shared -fvisibility=hidden -fPIC -o lin64.xpl \
    -Wall -Wextra \
            -I SDK/CHeaders/XPLM xpl.c hook.c hook.h sec.c sec.h len64.c len.h utils.c utils.h hook_asm64.o -lspeechd
xpl.c:8:10: fatal error: XPLMDefs.h: No such file or directory
 #include <XPLMDefs.h>
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
utils.c:11:10: fatal error: XPLMUtilities.h: No such file or directory
 #include "XPLMUtilities.h"
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
Makefile:11: recipe for target 'lin64.xpl' failed
make: *** [lin64.xpl] Error 1

Solution: Download X-Plane SDK 3.0.1 from https://developer.x-plane.com/sdk/plugin-sdk-downloads/ and extract the SDK folder into the XLinSpeak directory.

3. Installation:

PLUGINS_DIR="X-Plane 11/Resources/plugins" # Adjust as needed
mkdir -p "$PLUGINS_DIR/XLinSpeak/64"
cp lin64.xpl "$PLUGINS_DIR/XLinSpeak/64/lin.xpl" # NOTE: File is RENAMED to lin.xpl

[hoover67]

Thank you! I ran into the exact same issues last night, will try compiling the 64 bit plugin soon.

Will this plugin enable speech output with the 124thATC plugin as well?

Thanks, Uwe

[hoover67]

I followed the install instructions, the plugin compiled fine, I created the directory and copied the plugin there, however it's not listed in my X-plane plugin list. Sadly there is no documentation on installation, any ideas what could be the issue here? Do I need to have some form of "speechd" running for this to work?

Thanks!

Uwe

hoover@feynman:/src/x-plane_plugins/XLinSpeak$ make lin64.xpl nasm -f elf64 -o hook_asm64.o hook_asm64.asm gcc -g -shared -fvisibility=hidden -fPIC -o lin64.xpl
-Wall -Wextra
-I SDK/CHeaders/XPLM xpl.c hook.c hook.h sec.c sec.h len64.c len.h utils.c utils.h hook_asm64.o -lspeechd hoover@feynman:/src/x-plane_plugins/XLinSpeak$ mkdir -p /usr/games/xplane11/Resources/plugins/XLinSpeak/64/ hoover@feynman:/src/x-plane_plugins/XLinSpeak$ cp lin64.xpl /usr/games/xplane11/Resources/plugins/XLinSpeak/64/

[hoover67]

Looks like I'm getting ATC messages with the standard ATC, just not with the

124thATC

plugin. I'll try to contact the developer.

Great work, the voice sounds really nice!

[killerkalamari]

@hoover67 I believe the plugin needs to be renamed to lin.xpl not lin64.xpl.

[Nitemist]

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!! after finding this, and your legwork here... I now have the ATIS (etc) and also the Xchecklist running full speed! For a bit of time, I had to have the 'voice prompt' turned off in xchecklist, to keep it from mangling all the other sounds (at startup, the engine screamed like an un-oiled banshee!).

One thing I DID do, was to go into my software manager, and d/l ALL the speech dispatcher output modules and dependencies (as I wasn't sure which I would need. yes, a bit of overkill, perhaps, but I REALLY wanted the sound output.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!!!!