ljgww
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Hi!
I am trying to make b4j (latest version 8.x) working on my Ubuntu 18.04. I never used/installed b4j before so I am completely newbee here.
I have already seen some posts on the subject and tried various scenarios but I am hitting a wall:
1. i have installed standard wine ubuntu offers which is: wine-3.0 (Ubuntu 3.0-1ubuntu1)
2. it looks to me that .net framework shall be installed in order to run installer (and possibly ide later) - but it is unclear to me which version shall be installed. Some hints stiplate mono installation but it is unclear why.
3. it looks to me that some form of Java shall be installed (to compile/run build target) - but is unclear which java to use since under wine javas are too old and under ubuntu javas are more recent. Additionally I assume it shall be JDK not JRE variant. Unclear is if system java shall be ok (e.g. v11 or v12 or some of openjdk versions)
4. another doubt is running 64 or 32bit version of wine for IDE
- ruled out that app works with mono (esentially not under wine) - maybe I am wrong with this
- would be nice to know if this can be run under 'dotnet' (dot net core? possibly not yet)
The wall is - after managing to install using b4j.exe and enabling app in wine config I get the window that says: it cannot run with this version (seems to be referring to wine version).
Tried to install winehq - some version larger than 4 (currently this is wine 5) but I run into the problem of not being able to install wine.
As I have seen examples of running b4j under ubuntu, i believe it is doable.
I also assume that b4j IDE takes basic source and generates java application that is run later (possibly even without wine?)
Hints or some guiding is welcome.
I am trying to make b4j (latest version 8.x) working on my Ubuntu 18.04. I never used/installed b4j before so I am completely newbee here.
I have already seen some posts on the subject and tried various scenarios but I am hitting a wall:
1. i have installed standard wine ubuntu offers which is: wine-3.0 (Ubuntu 3.0-1ubuntu1)
2. it looks to me that .net framework shall be installed in order to run installer (and possibly ide later) - but it is unclear to me which version shall be installed. Some hints stiplate mono installation but it is unclear why.
3. it looks to me that some form of Java shall be installed (to compile/run build target) - but is unclear which java to use since under wine javas are too old and under ubuntu javas are more recent. Additionally I assume it shall be JDK not JRE variant. Unclear is if system java shall be ok (e.g. v11 or v12 or some of openjdk versions)
4. another doubt is running 64 or 32bit version of wine for IDE
- ruled out that app works with mono (esentially not under wine) - maybe I am wrong with this
- would be nice to know if this can be run under 'dotnet' (dot net core? possibly not yet)
The wall is - after managing to install using b4j.exe and enabling app in wine config I get the window that says: it cannot run with this version (seems to be referring to wine version).
Tried to install winehq - some version larger than 4 (currently this is wine 5) but I run into the problem of not being able to install wine.
As I have seen examples of running b4j under ubuntu, i believe it is doable.
I also assume that b4j IDE takes basic source and generates java application that is run later (possibly even without wine?)
Hints or some guiding is welcome.