Issue with BOINC at ./configure

[torpor]

The g++ command for the compiler on the Touchbook is this: arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++

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ai@touchbook:/home/ai$ ls -l `which g++`
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Nov 17 10:11 /usr/bin/g++ -> arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++


To get 'standardized' cmd names (like g++/gcc/etc.) you need to install the symlinks package:

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ai@touchbook:/home/ai$ grep symlinks ipkglist.txt
binutils-symlinks - 2.18.50.0.7-r7.3 - A GNU collection of binary utilities
cpp-symlinks - 4.3.3-r9.1.4 - The GNU cc and gcc C compilers.
g++-symlinks - 4.3.3-r9.1.4 - The GNU cc and gcc C compilers.
g77-symlinks - 4.3.3-r9.1.4 - The GNU cc and gcc C compilers.
gcc-symlinks - 4.3.3-r9.1.4 - The GNU cc and gcc C compilers.


You'll also need this, probably:

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libstdc++-dev - 4.3.3-r9.1.4 - The GNU cc and gcc C compilers.


.. although its possible you've already got it - not sure of the dependencies myself, but I have it on my machine and I build large c++ apps on my Touchbook with ease right now ..

So:

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ipkg install cpp-symlinks g++-symlinks gcc-symlinks libstdc++-dev


[Gary13579]

Thanks for the guide, so I don't have to go through finding em myself when I get mine.

Plan on moving some C++ projects of mine over that are running 24/7, so that I can turn my power hungry PC off at night .

[islevegan]

It's been a couple months and a few updates since there has been an update on this subject.

Has anybody been able to get boinc working on the TouchBook with the Always InnovatingOS?

Boinc installs on the Ubuntu side of things but doesn't seem to run quite right. Anyway, Ubuntu doesn't currently leverage the full performance of the hardware. Since the TouchBoook is supposed to be a pretty much *always on* device it would be great to have it doing some useful processing.

I will create a group for BOINC projects when / if it becomes usable for the TouchBook. A group can indicate a group of volunteers that are associated in some way, for example, location, ideal, ethics, etc.

A TouchBook group might help bring some more interest to the platform especially if BOINC was included in the OS such that it were just a matter of allowing it to operate.

If all, or almost all TouchBooks were contributing processing to a project I think it could get some press for being the first and only OS to do that and eventually more press for the processing accomplished by the group.