compiling applications

**kurt_meier** · 10-21-2004, 03:39 PM

Hi all,
is it possible to compile some applications when the system is booted with knoppix?
Whats to do to get it work? What is the minimum system requirement to compile applications with knoppix?
Is it possible to create a swap partition on harddisk if there is not enough RAM?

Thanks
kurt_meier

**shah** · 10-21-2004, 04:10 PM

If booting using knoppix cd and want to compile an application, may be will work ( ./configure && make).
But to install that compiled application, definitely a NO ( make install ).

Yes you can make a Linux swap partition and knoppix will auto detect it.

**jimbob** · 10-21-2004, 06:11 PM

Why is my drive partitioned?

yes make sure the drive has no err0rs and is partitioned correctly...

this should stop err0rs

**firebyrd10** · 10-22-2004, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by shah

If booting using knoppix cd and want to compile an application, may be will work ( ./configure && make).

Knoppix has support for the most obscure languages, more often then not it will work. (I think there is a flag you can pass so you can change the install directory.)

**kurt_meier** · 10-22-2004, 08:32 AM

Thanks for the answers.

Back to the swap partition. Have I to partition the disk before I boot knoppix or does knoppix handle it for me? I think about something like inserting the knoppix cd, boot the system it investigates the disk and gives me a choice to create a temporary swap partition that did not touch any data of the installed system. When I shut down this partition disappears and the system is like before.
Is that possible?

Thanks

kurt_meier

**firebyrd10** · 10-23-2004, 02:31 AM

You can creat a swap file on a FAT32 system or other linux fs.

It won't be deleted ats hutdown but you can delete it and it won't touch other files.

Try searching around the knoppix menu

**A. Jorge Garcia** · 10-23-2004, 03:55 PM

As far as KNOPPIX having support for the most obscure languages:

I just rediscovered BASIC with yabasic (like QBASIC) and phoenix (like VBASIC) which I apt-getted. However, when I use kate or kwrite to write code, there is no template for color highlighting BASIC reserved words ala C, C++ or Java. Anyone know how to get kate or kwrite to do this with BASIC code. Or is there another editor out there that does this?

TIA,
AJG

**OErjan** · 10-23-2004, 05:36 PM

iirc mcedit works. not certain about recent versions and/or it could be a compile time option or patch...
mcedit is the built in editor in the midnightcomander-clone mc