I have some windows command line applications, in binary form (I do not have the source code) which I use frequently. Sometimes I need to run them in Linux machines, and it works perfectly under wine (wine is not an emulator). The problem I'm facing now is that I need to work on a cluster which has not wine installed on it. I wonder if it is possible to create in another similar linux machine kind of a static executable or so, so i can run this windows program on the cluster
Thanks
This is an insane idea ;) Install wine on that cluster. What stops you? If you can execute programs there....
If this is some kind of serious software, it don't recommend to run it on non-native OS. Wine is not developed for running critical applications. It is still not Windows.
You can't compile a static exe; Windows is too complex for that. But you might be able to compile Wine to run on your cluster.
What you need is a way to compile code on the cluster. Wine itself can be installed anywhere but since I don't know if you have all the dependencies on the cluster, it might take some work.
So I suggest to get the Wine sources, run configure --prefix=$HOME/wine && make and then work through the errors.
(--prefix is the path under which Wine will be installed; it should be some path that is the same on the cluster and your build host. If all else fails, ln is your friend).
I've just spent a couple minutes looking for a reference to the knowledge in my head but it my googling isn't up to it.
Picasa for linux is bundled with Wine, so it may be possible but I couldn't find the article I read a couple months back.
Other than this, you can cross compile with gcc and winelib but as Cyper rightly said, no code no compilation.
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I am trying to build and deploy a gaia build from git repo in Windows. I am trying to deploy it in অ Flame.
I am trying to do it in a windows 7 with cygwin installed. After installing everything this is the error I am getting
This works just fine in a Linux machine, but I need to do this in Windows since right now I have access to it only.
Any pointers to what I am doing wrong here?
I'm afraid it's not going to work without significant effort for several reasons. Much better to use a VM with Linux on as even if it did work it will be really slow. Windows is slow at handling lots of file access and Cygwin slows it down even more.
For example in making a simple change to config.sh (full stack build) so it works on Cygwin I found it took hours to run (on a decent PC). And then I had a couple of corrupt git repos I had to hand fix.
I also looked at getting gaia's make to work, but stopped after the problem just got bigger.
Here's what I found for future reference
The build is not really portable, it expects a linux like environment
While cygwin gives good linux emulation most of the tools run are win32 native and handling path conversion for them requires not trivial changes due to assumptions. For example you can switch to the Win32 XPCshell and hack the command line paths to use cygpath, but environment variable are an extra source of dependency in the JS scripts and are all unix paths. ( I did manage this part).
these path and environment dependencies get magnified with the C build chain and other tools.
You need to change the mount to use noacl or else cygwin attaches ACLs to simulate file properties, thus breaking things. It's might even be a little faster without ACLS
I also tried MinGW which provides native versions without the emulation so should be faster. However it falls short of the requirements and its automatic path conversion heuristics get in the way.
you need to turn of any antivirus prog as they slow it down. in fact the very first time I used the old FIrefox WIndows build it would crash after a long time. Turned out to be a mem leak in the AV :(
So all-in-all it's too much hassle in terms of dev time to convert and probably maintain. A true Windows build would be better but then it's so easy these days to run a VM. You can even share directories between the guest and host so could flash from Windows.
I also tried with cygwin, but was unable to build the gaia source code on windows.
It's not straightforward to build the gaia source code on windows. Please follow these steps:-
Download Mozilla Build from MozillaBuild - Mozilla Wiki and install the tools in c:/mozilla-build (preferred). It includes everything (make, wget, python etc) you need to build gaia source code.
Run start-shell.bat. If build process failed with this batch file then run start-shell-msvc2013.bat if you have Visual Studio 2013 or start-shell-msvc2015.bat if you have Visual Studio 2015. (You need Visual Studio for the second step).
Browse to the gaia source code directory using the command cd Mozilla/gaia.
Run DEVICE_DEBUG=1 make command. Don't run DEVICE=1 make or make command (because you won't be able to debug the apps, I was able to connect to the Firefox OS 2.2 but was not able to debug the apps when I ran these commands).
If you are running this command for the first time, it will download the b2g_sdk otherwise it will create a folder profile with your custom profile.
Open the WEBIDE using Firefox (Nightly preferred) and point to the profile folder you just created.
Links for your reference:-
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Developing_Gaia
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developing_Gaia/Different_ways_to_run_Gaia
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/WebIDE/Troubleshooting
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Developing_Gaia/Making_Gaia_code_changes
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Windows_Prerequisites
There is a file I would really like to use on my mac, but it is .exe and I cannot open it. It is called MCreator, and the file is mcreator.exe, and is used for making minecraft mods without knowing any java. I have tried numerous applications that supposedly can do this, such as wine, mono, and crossover, but none of them seem to work. When I use mono, I type in this, and it returns an error:
Howards-Mac-mini:Mcreator 1.4.2 [1.6.4] Jared$ mono mcreator.exe
Cannot open assembly 'mcreator.exe': File does not contain a valid CIL image.
When I use wine, it just quits and doesn't do anything, even though it displays the icon for MCreator. I cant figure out how to get open a preexisting file on crossover. Does anyone have any ways to fix my problems and/or run this file?
Your best bet is probably to run a virtual machine. Windows XP is good for this inside VirtualBox, as it can run on as little as 512mb of RAM, and 1 single-core virtual processor. Download VirtualBox by going to www.virtualbox.org and as for Windows XP, you can probably get your hands on that but I unfortunately cannot help with that unless you have a genuine COA.
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You could also try running it in Wine. It allows you to run Windows apps in OS X without a copy of Windows. I've used it successfully before; your mileage may vary.
1)Install Wine and Winebottler from http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/
2)You may have to change the System Preferences >Security & Privacy>Allow Apps downloaded from>Anywhere
2)Run the xyz.exe using winebottler.
I got a weird problem with my VB app that has got me very confused. I am updating an existing program. I had to add some processing queue capabilities. On my system, unit testing worked great but when I compile it and run it on a different computer (a network server machine) it first tries to open an office install. If I cancel this, the program seems to run fine. The problem is that this program will be run in the background and I can't be hitting cancel each time it runs.
So my question is this: what is going on here? I'm usually a java developer we eclipse so I'm used to being able to include all the needed libs into the jar files automatically. It doesn't seem like the case with VB6. it seems like it expects all the same libs to be on all the systems. Is there any way to tell what might be triggering this?
The only thing I can think of that is causing it is that I'm using the "OpenProcess" function in the kernal32 lib. that the only major change I have made.
any help would be very appricated. thanks!
EDIT:
It seems that multiple versions of word were installed on the system and it was screwing things up somehow. We uninstalled one and it fixed it.
I ran into this a while ago and it was related to my installer for the VB6 app overwriting some system files for Office that it shouldn't have. Any time one of the System dlls was accessed Windows would determine that something was wrong and the Office installer would start up.
The short-term fix was to let the Office Installer repair the broken chain of dlls.
The long-term fix was to never overwrite built-in Windows System dlls.
You could also check out the Microsoft Fix it Center.
I am having issues with finding all of the necessary files to actually install Cygwin correctly when not using the premade setup utility. The reason behind this is the fact that my company computer blocks the usage of the .exe, and won't give me clearance to install it, (they say it isn't needed for the job) but expects me to perform certain tasks that Cygwin would make much simpler.
So my question is thus; is there somewhere/someone that would have a list of packages that I would need to manually install from one of the mirrors to make Cygwin run correctly?
Well,
This is a new answer to an old question, but it might be helpful for someone...
Just run the installer with -B switch, for example:
setup-x86_64.exe -B
You should install it then on a path where you have rights.
If you don't need the full POSIX compatibility (which I'm guessing you don't, if the Unix subsystem isn't required for your job), I'd generally suggest you go with Mingw rather than Cygwin.
Sadly, Mingw also has an installer these days. It probably also requires admin (try it and see). However, you can download the individual components you need if you want to do it that way. That shouldn't require admin, so it would probably get you exactly what you want.
Mingw is also more corporate-friendly from a licensing standpoint, as its compiler doesn't render code built with it GPL like Cygwin's does.
Generally the rule is:
If you want to use Unixy tools to help with your native Windows development, you want Mingw.
If want to port a full (POSIX) Unix program to windows, you want Cygwin (and perhaps a support deal with Red Hat to get around the licensing problem).
There's a writeup on getting Cygwin [to work] on portable storage devices.
Boiling it down, you'd have to do this on a machine that does give you .exe/admin access to write to a 'stick, then run from the stick at work.
On the off-chance that super-lockdown-site allows you to run USB devices.
Use the GNUWIN32 utilities instead. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/
That way you can choose only the .exe installs that you need, and it will be much easier to justify specific utilities than a humongous system install. If you hunt around on the site you can find the files directory where you can download a single utility, and if you get the -bin.zip version, then you can extract just the needed .exe file which would be even easier to justify and would not require your IT people to test an untrusted install package.
Stupid draconian rules or no, I would not recommend trying to thwart your employers rules. Try working to improve the situation or find another one.
But technically speaking if you can get a complete Cygwin install somewhere, you can copy the entire cygwin folder enmasse. There are a few things that you will want to change similarly to how I configured my cygwin installation to run from a thumb drive. I actually installed on my HD, copied it to the thumbdrive and then changed the batch file and a few other things to make it work. Here are the details: http://fadedbluesky.com/2011/portable-cygwin/
You could try installing it on another machine outside of work. After installing, copy the installed product's tree and Registry keys and environment settings to a CD or flash drive. Then you would have a DIY installation that you can copy and import settings manually. The installer doesn't do a whole lot else.
Don't count on job security if you're bypassing IT mandates after being explicitly told no, though. Getting an exception to the rule by submitting proper documentation through the proper process is usually the way to go.
You'll also have to hope that they aren't blocking the Cygwin programs and any Registry edits as well. It's not hard to find this sort of thing on a machine, either.
I got a question of using Eclipse to develop for embedded Linux on a Windows host
Here are now I have and where I am.
1. a Windows host that have the latest Eclipse + CDT (c/c++ development tools) installed
2. a Ubuntu host (ssh + samba installed) that contains sources and toolschain to build the project. (the windows and ubuntu hosts are sitting within one network segment (In LAN).)
3. I can use the following commands to build this project under Ubuntu.
# chroot dummyroot
# cd /home/project/Build
# sh Build date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S
4. I am now trying to create an eclipse C++ project to achieve the goad of the step 3, but I have been stuck here for a while. any ideas of how it can be done?
Speaking from experience, attempting to develop embedded Linux on a Windows host is a world of pain and frustration. Emphasis on attempting -- I'd like to meet someone who completed a serious project in this way, or who can explain how working in Windows made job easier.
Windows can be a great development environment for many tasks, but it's a lousy, lousy environment for embedded Linux. There are tools out there to help you do this, but everything is much harder compared to working on a Linux host. The toolchains are older and buggier. You will constantly fight with your crosscompilers and GNU autotools trying to get packages to compile. (Wait till you try to compile one of the many packages that needs to build an intermediate binary and then executes that as part of its build process.)
You probably have reasons for keeping your desktop in Windows -- just run a Linux virtual machine.
Eclipse CDT can execute arbitrary commands, such as
ssh username#target build_script
using the external builder. If you are using gcc on the target eclipse cdt can parse the output of the gcc and make from the ssh session and send you to the correct source path (if that path matches the path generated by gcc). Although this might not work windows->linux
With Embedded Linux, I've attempted to run Virtual Machines using Ubunutu, Xubutunu, Debian. I have been developing for a long time. I design hardware and develop low level firmware, to test said hardware. I cannot get anything to work on instructions given, as in an unified IDE and development system such as I am used to (i.e. Codewarrior, MPLAB, Code Composer) If Embedded Linux is so useful and easy how is it I cannot get a single one of instructions from Yocto, Freescale, Timesys, anywhere to work? Every-time there is a directory change, or a directory that no longer exists, or even a file that is not there. Surely there something that I can use..