Re: Switching to Linux and C

From: Ethan Dicks <*ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com*> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:00:18 -0400 Message-ID: <CAALmimkbLzP_As9JwBvKJLO2g5-TVwxetm-AaDy85WpSq_nx7g@mail.gmail.com> · ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Gerrit Heitsch
<gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 3:20 AM, Baltissen, GJPAA (Ruud)
>> <ruud.baltissen@apg.nl> wrote:
>>> Of course I want to be able to run VICE on it. One thing I want to be
>>> able to do is to compile VICE one day. So the question: on what LINUX
>>> version does VICE compile and run best?
>
> And on Ubuntu you don't need to compile VICE, it's in the repository, you
> only need to install it with 'apt-get install vice'.

If all you want to do is use VICE, you can install whatever version is
available through the repos, but some of the folks here (including
myself, and most likely Ruud), may want to compile a newer version, or
do some actual feature work on parts of VICE, so how to compile it is
definitely important to some.

-ethan

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