installing and using V4REV in Linux questions

[Ivan Smahin]

Hello Warren,

Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 6:46:03 PM, you wrote:

> Hello,

> I am unable to get V4REV working in Linux Mint. The Linux version
> doesn't benefit from the comprehensive rev installer that allows for
> foolproof installation in Mac and Windows and the docs are incomplete. I
> have created what seems like a plausible directory structure based on my
> experience with the other platforms, but Valentina_Init() returns an
> error. 

What kind of error?
Is there any V4REV log?

> I have created a directory "~/my_livecode" which contains the "Plugins"
> and "Externals" directories. (Plugins placed here are found by Livecode,
> so that part is correct.) I have placed the V4REV.so at top level inside
> the Externals directory along with a file "Externals.txt" which contains
> the entry "Valentina4,V4REV.so". Inside the Externals directory is a
> directory called "Database Drivers" which holds "dbvalentina2.so" and a
> file "Database Drivers.txt" with an entry "Valentina,dbvalentina2.so".
> "vcomponents" is installed in /usr/local/lib (using proper install
> script).

Could you check dependency - I mean ldd ./V4REV.so ?
Probably it is just ldconfig question?

> I have tried the explicit linking to these files in the stack property
> inspector as per the "readme" but this was not a solution. About this; I
> see this step is deprecated since Rev 2.7. Is this currently necessary
> for getting V4REV to work in Linux? In any event, I have been unable to
> get it working :( 

What is V4REV version?

-- 
Best regards,
Ivan Smahin 
Senior Software Engineer
Paradigma Software, Inc
Valentina - The Ultra-Fast Database
http://www.valentina-db.com