[bt-devel] Newbie help please!

[Joachim Ansorg]

Hi!

Normally you have a Makefile (AFAIK they exist in Windows, too ;-) which contains rules to build a program.

BibleTime normally only needs the commands:

./configure	#create Makwfiles
make		#use Makefiles to compile BibleTime
make install	# create the binary, compiled BibleTime

In SWORD it's simply make.

The best thing to know how to compile a program is to look for files like README and INSTALL, they often conatin instructions
how to do it.

You saif you'd like to help! This is very good and we really need you.
A very good IDE to make Linux coding much more easy is KDevelop. Look at www.kdevelop.og for this program.
You can also get the latest version using CVSUP (similait thing like cvs).
KDevelop contains some very good documentation (instructions how to code for Linux etc.), read them!
They are a very good source of help.

Ask again if you have questions!

Thanks for your offer to help!
--Joachim

>That's why I'm asking, I don't even know how to compile a program in Unix!
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris Marsh
>Analyst Programmer
>Hansen Corporation
>Ph: 	(03) 9843 8438
>Fax:	(03) 9843 8590
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Thomas J. Philpot [SMTP:tjphilpot@ou.edu]
>> Sent:	Wednesday, May 03, 2000 5:08 PM
>> To:	bt-devel@crosswire.org
>> Subject:	Re: [bt-devel] Newbie help please!
>> 
>> Chris,
>> 
>> 	The best advice I can give you is read this list and don't be afraid
>> to ask questions.   The project is in need of more developers and any help
>> would
>> be appreciated.
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>> On Tue, 02 May 2000, you wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > I'm new to this list and would dearly love to start doing some work on
>> > Bibletime.  Problem is, I haven't done any C or C++ work since school
>> (2+
>> > years ago), as I currently do PL/SQL on Oracle.  Also, I haven't yet
>> done
>> > ANY development work on any Unix box, including Linux.
>> > 
>> > So, my question is, where do I start?  I have used CVS, although in the
>> > past.  Any doco's, hint's, tips, HOWTO's etc would be gratefully
>> received.
>> > 
>> > Regards,
>> > 
>> > Chris Marsh
>> > Analyst Programmer
>> > Hansen Corporation
>> > Ph: 	(03) 9843 8438
>> > Fax:	(03) 9843 8590
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BibleTime - the bible study program for KDE
http://www.bibletime.de/
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