[Sent to player-dev, but meant to send to the same thread.]

youcef chaoua wrote:

> Hi Daniel,
>
> Thank you... It finally built what I wanted... It seems that the 
> starting in clean directory helped...

That is pretty good.

> Now I have a problem installing it on a Moblin platform... it 
> complains about "lpia" ... is there an option to make lpia packages 
> and not 386/586? 

Is the following good enough for you or now?
dpkg --force-architecture -i package.deb

If not, you can try converting it as shown in the following thread that 
you posted.

We have more work to do to support lpia.

> I tried this method http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6058820 
> that seems to be working so far but I don't know if this is enough !!!
>
> Is there a way to build it with size optimization as a self contained 
> application that depends on no external libs ? (the smallest possible 
> with no dependencies)

Is the official version <http://www.real.com/linux> posting too much 
limitation for your purpose? It contains Windows Media decoders, etc., 
that you can't build from source. (Is that for personal use on a Dell 
Inspiron Mini or for redistribution on a company's device/product?)

By external libs, did you mean not having plugins? Or the runtime 
environment on a Linux distribution/build?

The RealPlayer for Linux project is mainly focusing on the desktop, so 
we are not spending much time optimizing it for embedded devices. I 
suppose it should still be acceptable to run on Dell Inspiron Mini, or 
are you trying to reduce as much disk usage as possible on the small 
(3.5 GB) storage device?

Someone would have to spend some time changing the compiler switches and 
other build configurations and test it to optimize it more. Depending on 
what you are trying to accomplish, it can be just a change of compiler 
switches, or it can be a time consuming task (says to have no plugin .so 
files at all and test).

The easy changes are:
1. create a release build, instead of a debug build that you tried:
 Press ribosome menu #5!
 [5] Toggle release (-trelease)

2. Adapt GCC compiler and linker options as you wish:
 $BUILD_ROOT/umakecf/gcc.cf
 or other files in the same directory.

Helix client itself, that is the basis of RealPlayer for Linux, is more 
adaptable to embedded devices and widely used for that purpose.



-- 
Daniel Yek.


> BTW, here is my successfull build result...
>
> Build complete in 67:51, 0 of 171 modules failed.
>
> Build System Menu
> Ribosome v2.5
> -> Current Directory: /home/dev400t/HelixDev/helix
> [0] Set BIF branch (realplay_gtk_current)
> [1] Set Target(s) (player_all)
> [2] Set Profile 
> (/home/dev400t/HelixDev/build/umakepf/helix-client-all-defines)
> [3] run: build
> [4] Toggle make depend & makefiles (-e -n)
> [5] Toggle release (-trelease)
> [6] Toggle 'make clean'  (-c)
> [7] Toggle clobber (Dangerous!) (-C)
> [8] Toggle halt-on-error (-p green)
> [9] Toggle verbose mode (-v)
> [10] Toggle static build (-tnodll)
> [11] Checkout source for selected target now
> [12] Set Tag/Branch/Timestamp
> [13] Help Page (full help in build/doc/index.html)
> [14] run history: build
> [Q] Quit
>
> Best regards,
> Youcef
>
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Daniel Yek <dyek at real.com 
> <mailto:dyek at real.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Youcef,
>
>     Lets include helix-client-dev whenever possible, so that others
>     can help you too.
>
>
>
>     youcef chaoua wrote:
>
>         Hi Daniel,
>
>         Thanks for your reply... I followed the getting started by the
>         word... Still nothing...
>
>
>     After agreeing to the BEULA, it takes 4 hours or more to take
>     effect. You will then have access to distribution binaries (for
>     personal use) that enable you to play non-open-source media formats.
>
>
>         I read the sources and it seems that it is compiling as if it
>         was for a MAC!!! How is BEULA related to this?
>
>         in /pthreadthreads.h
>         ...
>         /#ifndef _MAC_UNIX
>          struct HXsem_t : public sem_t
>          {
>              char padding[64]; /* Flawfinder: ignore */ // different
>         linux versions have different binary reps blechhhh!
>          };
>         #endif
>         ...
>
>
>     BEULA has nothing to do with this.
>
>     Usually, the only time you get this when building Helix or
>     RealPlayer is when you used the wrong Ribosome build settings (or
>     more specifically, built the wrong product). However, the settings
>     you sent was correct. Could it be that when you changed your build
>     (BIF Branch, for example), you didn't start in a clean directory?
>     That would cause Ribosome to not check out modules that already
>     exist and mix source code from different branches.
>
>     If the following command doesn't show the following output for a
>     realplay_gtk_current build, then your source tree wasn't checked
>     out cleanly and correctly:
>
>     $ cvs status common/system/pub/platform/unix/pthreadthreads.h
>     ...
>     Sticky Tag:          hxclient_1_5_0_cayenne
>
>     So, whenever you switch to a different BIF Branch, start in a
>     clean directory.
>
>
>         Is there a way to compile it with a regular make command from
>         downloaded sources and bypass all this python build system ?
>
>
>     Once you know how to use Ribosome correctly, you will encounter
>     much fewer problems. We always build using Ribosome. Ribosome
>     manages proper checkout of source modules, generating Makefiles,
>     compiler settings, etc.
>
>     -- 
>     Daniel Yek.
>
>
>
>
>         Best regards,
>         Youcef
>
>
>         On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Daniel Yek <dyek at real.com
>         <mailto:dyek at real.com> <mailto:dyek at real.com
>         <mailto:dyek at real.com>>> wrote:
>
>            Hi,
>
>                1- there is a date warning for BIF!!!
>                /[WARNING] bif
>              
>          parser(/home/dev400t/build/bif-cvs/helix/client/build/BIF/realplay_gtk_current.bif
>                near beginning in <build>): This BIF file lacks an
>         expiration
>                date, using 2005-01-01/
>
>
>            Please ignore this.
>
>            I believe Ribosome designed the expiration mechanism so
>         that old
>            BIF files can retire from its menu without deleting the BIF
>         files
>            from CVS repositories. Other than that, I haven't found
>         this lack
>            of expiration warning (noise) to have any impact.
>
>                2- there is a compiler version warning about gcc and
>         g++ 4.2.4
>                / **WARNING**
>                gcc version is 4.2.4, not 3.* as expected.
>                g++ version is 4.2.4, not 3.* as expected./
>
>
>            I am using gcc 4.3 now. I don't think gcc 4.2 is a problem in
>            building the product.
>
>                3-  It fails to grab th e files then says RESULT = TRUE!!!
>                /getting distribution="protocol_dist/rtsp" (cvs
>                tag="hxclient_1_5_0_cayenne", root="helix",
>                dist_id="linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586")
>                TESTING distribution/linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586
>                running 'cvs -d
>                :ext:ychaoua at cvs.helixcommunity.org:/cvsroot/distribution
>                checkout -l -d dir_cache_test
>         linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586' in
>                '/home/dev400t/helix' (as =
>         'tmpdir_-1210541888/dir_cache_test')
>                cvs checkout: warning: cannot write to history file
>                /cvsroot/distribution/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied/
>
>
>            As Eric said, you haven't agreed to the BEULA.
>
>            Please follow the QuickStart more closely:
>            https://player.helixcommunity.org/2007/dev/
>
>                [0] Set BIF branch (realplay_gtk_current)
>                [1] Set Target(s) (player_all)
>                [2] Set Profile
>                (/home/dev400t/build/umakepf/helix-client-all-defines)
>
>
>            These settings are correct.
>
>            --    Daniel Yek.
>
>
>
>            Eric Hyche wrote:
>
>                It looks like it has failed to check out the distribution
>                libraries.
>                The usual cause for this is that the BEULA has not been
>         agreed to.
>                Here's the link to the BEULA:
>
>                https://helixcommunity.org/beula/
>
>                Have you clicked that you agree to the BEULA?
>
>                Eric
>
>                =======================================
>                Eric Hyche (ehyche at real.com <mailto:ehyche at real.com>
>         <mailto:ehyche at real.com <mailto:ehyche at real.com>>)
>
>                Principal Engineer
>                RealNetworks, Inc.
>
>                
>                    -----Original Message-----
>                    From: helix-client-dev-bounces at helixcommunity.org
>         <mailto:helix-client-dev-bounces at helixcommunity.org>
>                    <mailto:helix-client-dev-bounces at helixcommunity.org
>         <mailto:helix-client-dev-bounces at helixcommunity.org>>
>                    [mailto:helix-client-dev-bounces at helixcommunity.org
>         <mailto:helix-client-dev-bounces at helixcommunity.org>
>                    <mailto:helix-client-dev-bounces at helixcommunity.org
>         <mailto:helix-client-dev-bounces at helixcommunity.org>>]
>                    On Behalf Of youcef chaoua
>                    Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 6:07 PM
>                    To: helix-client-dev at helixcommunity.org
>         <mailto:helix-client-dev at helixcommunity.org>
>                    <mailto:helix-client-dev at helixcommunity.org
>         <mailto:helix-client-dev at helixcommunity.org>>
>                    Subject: [Helix-client-dev] realplay_gtk_current
>         fails to
>                    build on ubuntu...
>
>                    Hi,
>
>                    Can anyone please, tell me what is going wrong with
>         this
>                    build (build.out is attached)???
>
>                    1- there is a date warning for BIF!!!
>                    [WARNING] bif
>                  
>          parser(/home/dev400t/build/bif-cvs/helix/client/build/BIF/realplay_gtk_current.bif
>                    near
>                    beginning in <build>): This BIF file lacks an
>         expiration
>                    date, using 2005-01-01
>
>                    2- there is a compiler version warning about gcc
>         and g++ 4.2.4
>                    **WARNING**
>                    gcc version is 4.2.4, not 3.* as expected.
>                    g++ version is 4.2.4, not 3.* as expected.
>
>                    3-  It fails to grab th e files then says RESULT =
>         TRUE!!!
>                    getting distribution="protocol_dist/rtsp" (cvs
>                    tag="hxclient_1_5_0_cayenne", root="helix",
>                    dist_id="linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586")
>                    TESTING distribution/linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586
>                    running 'cvs -d
>                  
>          :ext:ychaoua at cvs.helixcommunity.org:/cvsroot/distribution
>                    checkout -l -d
>                    dir_cache_test linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586' in
>                    '/home/dev400t/helix' (as = 'tmpdir_-
>                    1210541888/dir_cache_test')
>                    cvs checkout: warning: cannot write to history file
>                    /cvsroot/distribution/CVSROOT/history: Permission
>                    denied
>                    cvs checkout: Updating dir_cache_test
>                    cvs checkout: failed to create lock directory for
>                    `/cvsroot/distribution/linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586'
>                  
>          (/cvsroot/distribution/linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586/#cvs.lock):
>                    Permission denied
>                    cvs checkout: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
>                    `/cvsroot/distribution/linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-
>                    i586'
>                    cvs [checkout aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
>                    RESULT => True
>
>                    And it keeps going like this...
>
>                    4- Then alot of compilation warning!!!
>         (parentheses, not
>                    used, deprecated...) and even worse,
>                    compilation errors:
>                    In file included from siteplug.cpp:94:
>                    ../sitelib/pub/platform/unix/unixsite.h:77: error:
>                    'Window' does not name a type
>
>                    Build System Menu
>                    -> Current Directory: /home/dev400t/helix
>                    [0] Set BIF branch (realplay_gtk_current)
>                    [1] Set Target(s) (player_all)
>                    [2] Set Profile
>                    (/home/dev400t/build/umakepf/helix-client-all-defines)
>                    [3] run: build
>                    [4] Toggle make depend & makefiles (-e -n)
>                    [5] Toggle release (-trelease)
>                    [6] Toggle 'make clean'  (-c)
>                    [7] Toggle clobber (Dangerous!) (-C)
>                    [8] Toggle halt-on-error (-p green)
>                    [9] Toggle verbose mode (-v)
>                    [10] Toggle static build (-tnodll)
>                    [11] Checkout source for selected target now
>                    [12] Set Tag/Branch/Timestamp
>                    [13] Help Page (full help in build/doc/index.html)
>                    [Q] Quit
>                    Enter selection or flags: 3
>
>                    A quick reply is highly appreciated.
>
>                    Thanks in advance...
>
>                    Best regards,
>                    Youcef
>                      
>
>