Linux app with no GUI installed
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| Hi, I need a small Linux app for a server where's no GUI installed. After it works fine on my development PC it crashs on the Server. After check this out and also plese google for solution I figure out that BM Linux is using GUI commands in BRL.System (http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=94821#1089359). In the sample there's just CurrentDate (the function I only need from) copied to the bmx itself. But in this case BM returns a compiling error because of missing types ... So please can you show me a fast solution making a GUI less executable for Linux? Thanks Andre |
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| I believe Mark would need to move some parts to get BlitzMax apps to run on a headless server. Just tried the maximus binary on my server and it wants libX11 to be installed. Which makes no sense as it's a CLI app. |
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| I'm pretty sure that Banshee got it to work on a non-GUI server -- Search some of the old threads... |
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| I'm a novice with Linux but I wonder also about X11 .. However as the thread I point to is more than a year old I think it wouldn't be moved in time. Thanks for the hint I'll have a look for Banshee ... |
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| I'm pretty sure that Banshee got it to work on a non-GUI server -- Search some of the old threads... Unfortunately I havn't touched Linux outside of php and ssh for well over a year and my "getting on a bit" brain doesn't recall any details which might be useful for you. I do recall formulating the opinion that just about the worst distro for Blitz is Centos, and most web servers are Centos. I think had some success with CLI apps a while back but nothing with a canvas without installing X11 which my security guys insist isn't viable on any of the servers I have available to me because of their other operations and fears over security. I do always compile in framework mode, which solves a lot of issues. If the only command causing you grief is CurrentDate() then you might consider using a shell exec and reading the output from the command line, the following might be helpful to achieve it: date +"%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S" I hope that helps, sorry I can't be more useful. |
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