Re: I've had it with Windows--I'm switching to Linux

Unruh wrote:

Stephan Rose <kermos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

J.O. Aho wrote:

You don't use the same binary, due dependencies, but you will have the
same programs to 99% on each distro, those that you don't have in one
distro you can always compile from source.

That raises a question from me actually.

An app I am developing right now, and essentially every app I will be
developing in the future, is cross-platform to run on Windows, Linux, and
Mac.

While I know I need to create binaries for each target platform, I am fine
with that, I'd rather not deal with creating binaries for all the various
distributions.

For most programs you do not need to. They all use the same libraries, the
same X gui, etc. IF you decide to use special features they may be distro
dependent. The main differences are in the startup scripts and the
programs they supply.

Ahh ok, that won't be an issue for me then. Thank you. =)



Distributing the code is in my case not an option. I do need to make my
living somehow. =)


Now at this particular moment, the only dependancies I really have are the
following:

- wxWidgets which is static linked so no shared libs needed. It however
depends on GTK2.0 for the UI.

- Opengl

- stdlib functions (not sure if they are being static linked or not,
haven't checked yet).

That's it.

So with these dependancies, am I in a position of having to generate
seperate binaries for any other distros or should one binary essentially
work across the board given that GTK2.0 and OpenGL is present?

It should.

Thanks very much, appreciate it.

--
Stephan
2003 Yamaha R6

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