Blue for Linux

Which version do you need?

Linux systems have recently changed their libraries (libc). The old and the new version are not compatible. We provide a version of Blue for each of the library versions (libc.5 and glibc). You have to make sure that you download the correct version for your system.

Which libc version you have depends on your Linux distribution and version. RedHat 5 uses glibc (aka libc.6). Earlier RedHat versions (4.x) use libc.5. If you have another Linux distribution, check your libc version.

To complicate matters further, another library that Blue uses has also been changed: libg++. If you have gcc version 2.7.x (which is the default for RedHat 5.0) then you need to get one version, if you have gcc version 2.8.x (which is the default for RedHat 5.1) you need another version.

Select the version you need from the following table.

System* Libraries* Download
RedHat 4.x libc.5.x full version: blue.097.linux.libc5.tgz (1498551 bytes)
update: bul097-5.tgz (984032 bytes)
RedHat 5.0 glibc (= libc.6.x)
libg++.2.7.x 		blue.097.linux.glibc.gcc27.tgz (1187008 bytes)
RedHat 5.1 glibc (= libc.6.x)
libg++.2.8.x 		blue.097.linux.glibc.tgz (1057120 bytes)

* The systems listed are only examples. If you have a different Linux system, check you libraries and decide by the "Libraries" column. If you are unsure how, read How to check your libraries.

Installation

After loading the archive onto your system, unpack it using tar. Example:
$ tar zxf blue.097.linux.tgz
This will create a directory with all blue files. Read the README file in that directory and follow the instructions.

In addition to blue, this installation also installs the packbp command in /usr/local/bin. This can be used to package blue projects (see Transferring Projects From Unix To Linux).

Getting started

To get started, I recommend that you also load the language manual, the environment manual and some example projects. All are available from the Download Corner. If you are in the Sydney University network, have a look at the newsgroup basser.forum.blue for more information, discussions of problems and questions of interest (access to this group is restricted to within Sydney University).

Problems

If you have problems, please read the Frequently Asked Questions. If you cannot find an answer to your problem there, post the question to the newsgroup basser.forum.blue-linux. (This group is only available from within Sydney University. If you are outside and cannot access this group, mail Michael Cahill.)

A Favour...

If you get Blue, you could do me a big favour: mail me and tell me about it. At the moment, I have no idea how good or bad the setup is, for example, on how many systems the installation script works or does not work, on what systems blue runs smoothly or fails, etc...

To improve the distribution, it would help me a lot if you would send me a short mail, telling me whether the installation was successful or not, what problems you encountered, and if so, how you solved them. Thanks!

Send mail now.

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