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edoc · Posted: Fri 01 Feb 2013, 16:40 Post subject: build blocks installation as root?

I am trying to install gnuradio but when I run

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2027 Location: World_Hub

Wild guess here.. couldn't you just comment this block?

edoc · Posted: Fri 01 Feb 2013, 17:42 Post subject:

Commenting-out that section of code got me past the error but then I got one saying there was insufficient space.

It identifies the insufficient space as disk space vs RAM but there's plenty of HDD space.

I tried moving the build-gnuradio from /root to /mnt/home/gnuradio and that made no difference.

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2027 Location: World_Hub

Yeah, build and those things need lots of room. How much *system* space you got?

edoc · Posted: Fri 01 Feb 2013, 18:07 Post subject:

gparted says I have:

2.10 GiB on /dev/sda1 ntfs

5.43 GiB on /dev/sda2 ext3 /initrd/mnt/dev_save

I can free up more on /sda2 but does it really need that much?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2027 Location: World_Hub

I can't find any specifics, but it sure appears there's a whole lot go'n on during that build.. Jury's out.

FYI- when ya need to ref disk space, this cmd'll give ya a quicker idea than GParted: df -h <wink>

edoc · Posted: Fri 01 Feb 2013, 21:28 Post subject:

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2027 Location: World_Hub

YOU- should probably install the binary. Several *hints* lead me to believe so..

edoc · Posted: Fri 01 Feb 2013, 22:20 Post subject:

You have no idea how many times over the past many years I have tried to install apps not specifically built for Puppy.

It never works and always makes a mess ... usually either because someone forgot to tell me a minor step, which they assumed I knew, or because I missed something obvious - or not so obvious. Sigh.

I probably have 5 or more projects on hold because I cannot get apps to play nicely with Puppy ...

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2027 Location: World_Hub

I also find Pups build environment dated and lacking. Isn't gnuradio_3.2.2 in Dpups pacman?

My advice? If you wanna run up to date apps, choose a distro that prides itself current..

edoc · Posted: Sat 02 Feb 2013, 15:48 Post subject:

I have Exprimo running on 2 Netbooks and 5 laptops in the family and would rather not have to keep track of the peculiarities of more than one distro.

Exprimo has bridged the gap from older Panasonic Toughbooks (CF-28 & CF-29), to a MSI Netbook, a Z500 Laptop, a Samsung NB30 Netbook, and several year old Acers and Dell.

I have been watching Precise but think that may be optimized for newer computers.

I read elsewhere that SDR-RTL support may be in the newer Kernel -- still don't know if build-gnuradio will be OK there or if someone familiar with Puppy may need to tweak it some.

Always a complication that holds things up ...