Beryl on AMD64

javajunky · 2006-11-13 14:26:27

Hi all,
I couldn't find any Beryl-svn type packages in the AMD64 unstable (or any other repository for that matter) So I got the Tar.gz packages out of AUR and built them myself

a) Was this the correct thing to do?
and
b) Are the built packages of any use to anyone?

Cheers

skottish · 2006-11-13 19:53:56

Welcome to the community.

To answer your first question: yeah, that's great. Anytime you install software on Arch you want to use some sort of package. As you already know, not everything is available in the regular repositories, so the way you did it is right on.

javajunky · 2006-11-13 20:10:26

Ah, good stuff, beryl, seems to run a lot faster on Arch64 than it did for me on Ubuntu Efty, which is nice!

So about the binaries, is there somewhere to upload them to, or does everyone do everything from source?

brain0 · 2006-11-13 22:12:22

The x86_64 guys are too few to maintain unstable

Anyway, if you want beryl, then get versionpkg and the PKGBUILDs from Arch CVS (the Beryl wiki has direct links to them).

javajunky · 2006-11-14 08:13:05

Thanks, that is what I've *already* done, now I have a set of binary package.tar.gz files, is there not a 'community' type repo or something that they could be put in, to make other AMD64 adventurers have an easier time of it ? Or do only certain packages make it into there?

Kenetixx · 2006-11-14 15:15:03

Hey jajjunky i wouldnt mind a copy of them packages as im having al sorts of trouble building them at the moment, if you need som where to upload to let me know

javajunky · 2006-11-14 15:30:43

It would seem I can't attach them to PMs, is there somewhere (politely ) you'd like me to stick em ?

Kenetixx · 2006-11-15 07:34:46

Pm sent with details

javajunky · 2006-11-15 08:28:03

I've Ftp'd all the packages I've built for Beryl&Emerald. Just FYI, the only local configuration change I had to make was to sym link /usr/lib/LibGL.so to /usr/lib64/libGL.so as the compile process was trying to link to the 32 bit libraries not the 64 bit ones. I've no idea if this will cause you a problem or not!

Kenetixx · 2006-11-15 09:32:38

Thank you i will try em when i finish work tonight.

AndyRTR · 2006-11-15 10:19:52

javajunky wrote:

I've Ftp'd all the packages I've built for Beryl&Emerald. Just FYI, the only local configuration change I had to make was to sym link /usr/lib/LibGL.so to /usr/lib64/libGL.so as the compile process was trying to link to the 32 bit libraries not the 64 bit ones. I've no idea if this will cause you a problem or not!

never make such a link :!:

next time you compile something it will detect the libs in /usr/lib64 and all gets broken. better fix the compile issues in another way ;-)

javajunky · 2006-11-15 10:45:44

Well, tbh, its been a fair while since I was a C++ developer, so I have *no* idea how to make it resolve the library to the right place, I checked through the 'configuration' file and could see no way of doing this? IF anyone has some suggestions I'm happy to apply them!

I can't quite see why this would be a problem however, as why on Arch64, would I *need* anything to link to the 32 bit libs?

Kenetixx · 2006-11-17 05:54:34

Its a no go with them packages for me
they just dont work, no big deal i just wanted to show the guys at work, ill just install arch 32 on my other lappy and get it going on there.

javajunky · 2006-11-17 07:47:10

Sorry to hear that dude, in what way did they not work ? when you did the pacman -A foo.gz did it say owt?

My system is running on Nvidia drivers so I haven't compiled the XGL package, do you need that as well? I can compile that for you if thats the case?

Kenetixx · 2006-11-17 10:48:14

I compiled XGL aswell but i just got a seg fault when trying to run beryl, what nvidia drivers are you using?

javajunky · 2006-11-17 10:58:29

The latest non-beta ones, so 1.0-9629

Kenetixx · 2006-11-17 11:10:55

i think i need to upgrade then , ill try them ones and see how it goes without XGL when i get home

Kenetixx · 2006-11-17 12:00:06

Where di you get the latest drivers from ? they arent in the repos at the moment??

javajunky · 2006-11-18 12:33:12

No doubt I'll be crucified for saying this, but I just installed them from Nvidia's site? (It is a documented process on the wiki, before someone shouts, although not recommended, are they not in unstable or testing or owt?)

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Beryl on AMD64

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