[Simh] Compiling most recent release of simh

[Mark Pizzolato]

The simh makefile DOES NOT support users locally building optional dependent packages if the OS platform has a package management system which provides the required packages.  This strategy is due to a good number of historical problem reports which were due to some subtle configuration detail not done right when a package was built locally.  OS provided packages are configured, maintained AND tested by the folks who run the package management system (the OS vendor usually) and as such those are known to work.

Most dependent packages are completely optional for the simh build.  If they are not available then the simulator features which they help provide won't be available in the respective simulator.

From: Simh [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Paul Koning
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 7:49 AM
To: Gene Irwin <girwin1215 at gmail.com>
Cc: simh <simH at trailing-edge.com>
Subject: Re: [Simh] Compiling most recent release of simh

I meant the terminal output that is shown when you do "make".

I noticed that even after installing SDL_ttf (from sources) it STILL doesn't find it -- but the files are there.  So it looks like a makefile bug.

          paul

On Oct 11, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Gene Irwin <girwin1215 at gmail.com<mailto:girwin1215 at gmail.com>> wrote:

Oddly enough that is also required by mame.
Where is the build log stored?

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016, 7:40 AM Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net<mailto:paulkoning at comcast.net>> wrote:

> On Oct 11, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net<mailto:paulkoning at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
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>> On Oct 11, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Gene Irwin <girwin1215 at gmail.com<mailto:girwin1215 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> The only place I could find detailed the error with Google was the makefile on the github site.
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>> I am running mint 18 and the makefile says;
>> No SDL ttf support available. BESM-6 video panel disabled
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>> Any ideas?
>>
>> I have SDL installed and compiled mame recently which also requires SDL and that went fine.
>
> Did you install the "development" flavor of SDL?  You need that to get the header files.

Looking more closely... this isn't actually an issue with SDL itself.  A whole pile of simulators use SDL.  But BESM is different in that it looks for a specific SDL feature, namely TTF (font file) support.

I don't have that either.  Googling turns up SDL_ttf as a "project" listed on the libsdl.org<http://libsdl.org/> website, with a separate install kit.  https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/ has the info.  It looks like you need to install that, either from a package, or from source.

        paul


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