iLiad Using cairo on iliad

mojojojo · 02-17-2008, 06:34 AM

Hi!

I'm thinking about attempting a simple note-taking app for the iliad. I'm not very versed in GUI development, so I looked around and found that the cairo library would probably be suitable for what I want to do.

Now, it doesn't seem to be delivered with the iliad, so if I wanted to use it I would have to cross compile it.

I guess my question is if anyone has any experience on using cairo on the iliad, or if it is possible at all?

What would some alternatives be? I basically just need a simple drawing app, and some scaling (zooming).

rincewind · 02-17-2008, 01:17 PM

I ran libcairo on the iLiad when I did some Python testing, but are you sure it's not on the iLiad? If not, I managed to compile it. :-)

/R

mojojojo · 02-18-2008, 04:04 AM

I don't see cairo on the SDK downloads on the irex webpage, but I haven't looked closer on the actual iliad.

I'll take a look and hope that it's already on there. That would ease things alot.

illiad_fan · 08-21-2008, 04:01 AM

Hi all, I have a same problem. I write one C program using cairo and compiled on scratchbox successfully. But I run it on Iliad with error: missing libpangocairo-1.0.so.0. Then I try finding it on /usr/lib but not found. Then I copy this file from my pc but not effected. Could you please give me advice to solve this problem?
Thank you very much!

Antartica · 08-21-2008, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by illiad_fan

Hi all, I have a same problem. I write one C program using cairo and compiled on scratchbox successfully. But I run it on Iliad with error: missing libpangocairo-1.0.so.0. Then I try finding it on /usr/lib but not found. Then I copy this file from my pc but not effected. Could you please give me advice to solve this problem?
Thank you very much!

To find the libraries that your program is using, in scrtachbox, use ldd:

Code:

ldd ./my_program

ldd is included with scratchbox, so you should not have problems running that command. If you need/want ldd for the iliad, I once modified the ldd script in debian-x86 to work on the iliad (but I lost it in the reflash my iliad underwent)... anyway it should be easy to do again if needed.

illiad_fan · 08-22-2008, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antartica

To find the libraries that your program is using, in scrtachbox, use ldd:

Code:

ldd ./my_program

ldd is included with scratchbox, so you should not have problems running that command. If you need/want ldd for the iliad, I once modified the ldd script in debian-x86 to work on the iliad (but I lost it in the reflash my iliad underwent)... anyway it should be easy to do again if needed.

Hi Antartica, thank very much for your helps. I copied the ldd file from scratchbox to Iliad. By using ldd, I find which missing library and where is it. So I solved the Cairo problem.

02-17-2008, 06:34 AM	#1
mojojojo Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Irex Iliad	Using cairo on iliad Hi! I'm thinking about attempting a simple note-taking app for the iliad. I'm not very versed in GUI development, so I looked around and found that the cairo library would probably be suitable for what I want to do. Now, it doesn't seem to be delivered with the iliad, so if I wanted to use it I would have to cross compile it. I guess my question is if anyone has any experience on using cairo on the iliad, or if it is possible at all? What would some alternatives be? I basically just need a simple drawing app, and some scaling (zooming).

08-21-2008, 04:01 AM	#4
illiad_fan Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Illiad	Hi all, I have a same problem. I write one C program using cairo and compiled on scratchbox successfully. But I run it on Iliad with error: missing libpangocairo-1.0.so.0. Then I try finding it on /usr/lib but not found. Then I copy this file from my pc but not effected. Could you please give me advice to solve this problem? Thank you very much! Last edited by illiad_fan; 08-21-2008 at 04:32 AM.

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02-17-2008, 01:17 PM	#2
rincewind Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 479 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: iLiad	I ran libcairo on the iLiad when I did some Python testing, but are you sure it's not on the iLiad? If not, I managed to compile it. :-) /R

02-18-2008, 04:04 AM	#3
mojojojo Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Irex Iliad	I don't see cairo on the SDK downloads on the irex webpage, but I haven't looked closer on the actual iliad. I'll take a look and hope that it's already on there. That would ease things alot.

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