[sword-devel] Linux: Linking to Sword library with potentially different names

[Tobias Klein]

I've just put build/release instructions into the README as well, after 
getting a corresponding issue/request on Github.

https://github.com/tobias-klein/ezra-project/blob/master/README.md#building-ezra-project

Best regards,
Tobias

On 19.04.19 10:40, Tobias Klein wrote:
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> The Sword binding is C++ and the main application is Javascript 
> (Electron / Node-JS).
>
> Main application:
> https://github.com/tobias-klein/ezra-project
>
> Sword interface:
> https://github.com/tobias-klein/ezra-sword-interface
>
>
> Besides Github the Sword interface is also published on npmjs.com, 
> which means it can be easily installed with npm (node package manager).
>
> https://www.npmjs.com/package/ezra-sword-interface
>
> The main application depends on the most recently published version of 
> the Sword interface and the dependency is handled by npm.
> When installing the dependencies of Ezra Project (see step 2 below) 
> the correct version of the Sword interface is automatically installed 
> in the project directory (from npmjs.com).
>
> To get Ezra Project and its Sword interface setup/compiled, the 
> following steps must be performed (on Debian/Ubuntu):
>
> 0) Install tool/library dependencies: nodejs, build-essential, 
> libsword-dev, libsqlite3-0
> 1) Clone Ezra Project (https://github.com/tobias-klein/ezra-project.git)
> 2) Install dependencies in the Ezra Project directory: Run "npm 
> install" in project directory
> 3) Rebuild C++ dependencies: Run "npm run rebuild-linux" in project 
> directory
> 4) Start ezra project: Run "npm start" in project directory
>
>
> I should put these instructions on the Wiki pages on Github as well 
> ... will do that asap.
>
> Have a blessed Easter celebration! The Lord is risen!
>
> Best regards,
> Tobias
>
> On 17.04.19 23:39, Greg Hellings wrote:
>> Tobias,
>>
>> What form is your code in? Where does the repo live? Is it a C/C++ 
>> app? A Python app?
>>
>> --Greg
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 3:27 PM Tobias Klein <contact at tklein.info 
>> <mailto:contact at tklein.info>> wrote:
>>
>>     Mmmm... I guess you're right about that. Maybe a step before
>>     going "into" the repositories is to offer debian packages for
>>     regular download.
>>
>>     Best regards,
>>     Tobias
>>
>>     On 17.04.19 09:00, refdoc at gmx.net <mailto:refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>     I am not sure what you try to achieve. At the moment people who
>>>     use your app are fellow developers and others like me who
>>>     compile gladly ourselves. If you want ordinary users get it into
>>>     the repos. Then the lib linkage problem goes away too.
>>>
>>>     Sent from my mobile. Please forgive shortness, typos and weird
>>>     autocorrects.
>>>
>>>
>>>     -------- Original Message --------
>>>     Subject: [sword-devel] Linux: Linking to Sword library with
>>>     potentially different names
>>>     From: Tobias Klein
>>>     To: SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum
>>>     CC:
>>>
>>>
>>>         Hi,
>>>
>>>         I need some advice from you Linux experts.
>>>
>>>         Cyrille tested Ezra Project on Linux and couldn't run it,
>>>         because the
>>>         Sword package on that system (custom Sword 1.8.1 on Ubuntu
>>>         18.04)
>>>         contains a differently named *.so file than on my system
>>>         (Default Sword
>>>         package from Ubuntu 18.04 => libsword11v5).
>>>
>>>         What can I do to support multiple *.so variants with the
>>>         same binary? Is
>>>         there a way to do that?
>>>
>>>         I was thinking about creating a symlink within my
>>>         application directory
>>>         structure that can be adjusted at runtime based on some
>>>         dynamic system
>>>         inspection code.
>>>
>>>         Best regards,
>>>         Tobias
>>>
>>>
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