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NiLuJe · 07-23-2016, 07:02 PM

I vaguely looked into it and IIRC some of it (PyGame, maybe?) depends on SDL-1, and I so very much don't want to build such an outdated thing

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SDL-2, on the other hand, why not, but it possibly dropped the only video driver that handled the Kobo fb, so, meh.

If someone cares enough to check, it's probably trivial to build (SDL2, I mean. Python extensions are a bit of a nightmare to cross-compile).

Having basics understanding of how Linux stuff builds (i.e., being vaguely familiar with autotools should cover most of it) helps.
My toolchains should now also be fairly trivial to build, someone asked something of the sort recently in the Kindle dev forum and was successful without too much trouble.

As for the Python thing, my build-script has extensive comments about that, so I won't repeat myself

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07-23-2016, 07:02 PM	#37
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	I vaguely looked into it and IIRC some of it (PyGame, maybe?) depends on SDL-1, and I so very much don't want to build such an outdated thing . SDL-2, on the other hand, why not, but it possibly dropped the only video driver that handled the Kobo fb, so, meh. If someone cares enough to check, it's probably trivial to build (SDL2, I mean. Python extensions are a bit of a nightmare to cross-compile). Having basics understanding of how Linux stuff builds (i.e., being vaguely familiar with autotools should cover most of it) helps. My toolchains should now also be fairly trivial to build, someone asked something of the sort recently in the Kindle dev forum and was successful without too much trouble. As for the Python thing, my build-script has extensive comments about that, so I won't repeat myself . Last edited by NiLuJe; 07-23-2016 at 07:08 PM. Reason: xref the thread in question, should cover the rest of the basics.