Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is out

Rick_Araujo · April 18, 2014, 7:30pm

Just a note for those waiting to upgrade to the next Ubuntu LTS.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop // The usual Unity desktop

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME // The Gnome flavor, for the not Unity lover

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME

Michel_Bujardet · April 19, 2014, 2:49pm

Tried 14.04 Desktop ; Xojo unstable keeps saying that the application encountered an error ;
Go back to 12.10. If only Linux became stable, that would be nice

Rick_Araujo · April 19, 2014, 3:21pm

Linux is stable, your problem is that Xojo needs updates.

Michel_Bujardet · April 19, 2014, 3:30pm

What am I user to do then ?

Joe_Ranieri · April 19, 2014, 3:30pm

Have you reported the error?

Michel_Bujardet · April 19, 2014, 3:31pm

No. I am reinstalling 12.1 for the time being. There are limits to masochism

Rick_Araujo · April 19, 2014, 5:28pm

Let’s wait the Xojo QA team do their work.
Should be better they have handled that beforehand at the 14.04 beta phase, but… whatever.

John_Kotlarik · May 1, 2014, 9:41pm

I tried installing Xojo on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 release today, and it fails to find:
libstdc++.so.6
Have tried several libs with no success.
Read in Xojo User Guide that i need:
ia32-libs-multiarch
but read that it has not been available since 13.04

I love Xojo on PC but need it to run on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04

Any suggestions out there?

Thanks

Paul_Lefebvre · May 2, 2014, 1:22am

These steps (from another forum thread) may help with 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 13 and 14:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

John_Kotlarik · May 5, 2014, 4:41pm

Tried it but didn’t work -
E:Unable to locate package ia32-libs-multiarch
Running:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Linux 3.13.0-24 generic (x86_64)
Compiled #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 10 19:11:08 UTC 2014
Dang it!
Any suggestions?

Carlos_Arzuaga · May 5, 2014, 8:40pm

Try it changing the last instruction by:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Frederick_Roller · May 5, 2014, 10:12pm

[quote=85808:@Carlos Arzuaga]Try it changing the last instruction by:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs[/quote]
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Package ia32-libs is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
That’s in a fully updated Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 LTS 64-bit.

Carlos_Arzuaga · May 6, 2014, 4:40pm

It seems than Ubuntu isn’t going to mantain the compatibility with 32 bits libraries on his 64 bits systems (on Debian it works fine).

There is a workaround for accomplish this (tested on Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 64 bits fresh installation):

Insert this line on /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted universe multiverse

Then you can install ia32-libs:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

This works, but It’s not an ideal solution because you are mixing in your sources.list repositories of different versions of Ubuntu, so use it at your own risk. Personally I decided some time ago to change all my Xojo apps from Ubuntu to Debian, so I recommend.

John_Kotlarik · May 6, 2014, 5:54pm

Thank you both.

I successfully loaded lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 Frederick suggested but still had the same error.

Once I used Carlos’s tip to Insert the line on /etc/apt/sources.list IT WORKS!!!

I do not have the option of switching to Debian, as the company I work for is set on Ubuntu (not a battle I know how to fight).

Appreciate the help…

Frederick_Roller · May 6, 2014, 9:14pm

Too risky. We really need 64-bit support in Xojo!

John_Kotlarik · May 8, 2014, 4:40pm

Yea 64 bit would be great as that is all we use in our company…but so far so good…

Tim_Jones · May 8, 2014, 4:48pm

This is another example of why I keep stressing that 64bit Xojo should focus on Linux before anything else. The current 32bit IDE and applications run fine on 64 bit OS X and Windows. Ubuntu is the first to try and force the 64bit-only environment (even though users keep asking why this is necessary since they still build the 32bit version anyway). In discussions on the various distro boards, they developers are continually discussing the abandonment of 32bit support totally for new releases.

John_Kotlarik · May 8, 2014, 5:02pm

Is there any plans or timetable for a 64 bit Xojo on Linux?

Norman_P · May 8, 2014, 6:11pm

We’re already working on it and a bunch has been done but there’s still more to do

I think Bob Keeney summarized things pretty well from XDC
http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com/2014/04/xdc-2014-compiler-news/

John_Kotlarik · May 8, 2014, 6:24pm

Thanks for the link Norman. So I’m hearing 64bit + iOS + ARM incoming in 9 months. Sweet! Let me know if I can help test…