Re: gEDA-user: Questions on downloading and installing gnucap and gwave

[al davis <ad151@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 19 November 2007, Robert Butts wrote:
> > A warning on gwave ....  It requires guile 1.6.  It does
> > not work with guile 1.8.  Do "guile --version" to verify
> > that.
>
> So what do I do if I have guile 1.8, which I do?

Two possibilities:
1. Install guile 1.6.
2. If your distro has a package for gwave, use it.

Sorry, but that is the only way I know that works.

It is a known problem.  If it was my project, or if I knew 
anything about guile, I would fix it, fast.

It is one of the problems with compiling from source.  Too 
often, there is a dependency on a particular version of 
something.  Another .. too often, the different versions cannot 
coexist on the same system.

What is in question here is the development files.  If you must 
compile it yourself, go ahead and install guile-1.6-dev.  If it 
insists on removing guile-1.8-dev, go ahead and do it.  You can 
put them back when you need them.  It is only an issue for 
compiling.  Once you have compiled gwave, you can go back to 
guile-1.8.


Is there anyone here who knows guile and is willing to fix it so 
it works with both versions?  If it can't be made to work with 
both, the new version only is preferred over the old version 
only.



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