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Subject:	Using LDraw (and LeoCAD, LDGLite, LDView) on 64 bit Linux?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.leocad
Date:	Fri, 2 May 2008 18:42:44 GMT
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I'm just starting out with LDraw and I'm having a heck of a time trying to get anything running under my 64 bit Ubuntu 7.10 system. I'm mostly interested in LeoCAD, since it is the only native Linux building system that I know of. Since there are no packages available I tried building it from source but no luck. Since I'm not a coder I don't know if this is because it doesn't work on x64 or because of some other problem. I've filed a bug report for LeoCAD but haven't heard anything yet. I tried building LDGLite as well, same situation. It failed, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to say why. LDView at least mentioned 64 bit systems on its web page, unfortunately it was to say that it probably won't work. I tried building it anyway with little luck. I've gotten MLCAD to work in Wine, so at least that's something, but it just seems wrong that a Windows program is the best Linux has to offer. Especially in this day and age, when x64's been out for over five years and Linux is becoming more widespread by the day. So, does anyone have any experience or recommendations for using LDraw under a 64 bit Linux system? Google wasn't much help. I haven't tried a 32 bit chroot, but I'm not sure how well that works for OpenGL apps like LeoCAD and LDGLite. Any help is appreciated! Thanks, Tim

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		Re: Using LDraw (and LeoCAD, LDGLite, LDView) on 64 bit Linux?
(...) About 6 years ago there was a build of ldglite ran in 64bit linux on an alpha processor. It could possibly be made to work again but I can't really recommend it because the old LEDIT tutorial is now long gone from here: (URL) the tutorial it'd (...) (16 years ago, 2-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.leocad)

		Re: Using LDraw (and LeoCAD, LDGLite, LDView) on 64 bit Linux?
(...) A 32-bit build of LDView should work fine as long as you have the 32-bit shared libraries installed that it needs. If you want, I can work with you to get it up and running. As it happens, I have successfully built a 32-bit version of the (...) (16 years ago, 2-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.leocad)

		Re: Using LDraw (and LeoCAD, LDGLite, LDView) on 64 bit Linux?
Sorry, I missed your bug report. LeoCAD used to compile on 64 bit computers but it's been a long time since I last tried and I don't have access to one anymore. From your bug report it looks like 'make config' is failing. You can either manually (...) (16 years ago, 2-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.leocad)

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