[Gambas-user] Gambas2 program on ArchLinux

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Am 22.09.2014 11:11, schrieb Tobias Boege:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
>> Good morning everyone,
>>
>> Someone here who knows ArchLinux? I have a student who would like to use
>> a program I once wrote in Gambas2.
>>
>> I told him to install a Gambas2 package, then try the .gambas binary
>> from me. It does run like this on my own laptop, but not on his machine.
>>
>> Anything special we should know about? Or is it possible he didn't find
>> a Gambas2 but only a Gambas3 for his ArchLinux and just isn't aware?
>>
>
> Very likely. The only Gambas version in the official repositories is 3.5.4
> and I couldn't find anything in the AUR. He may need to compile a Gambas2
> by himself. I wish him luck because he may not find those old dependencies
> in the repositories either (but I don't know if this is going to be a
> problem).
>
> Regards,
> Tobi
>

Thank you, that makes it clearer. I will help him compile an older 
version, maybe we get it done. It isn't so important to have all the 
special libraries, it is a rather basic program.

Rolf