DMD on x86_64

[Jesse Phillips]

Robert Clipsham wrote:

> On 15/02/10 15:54, Robert Clipsham wrote:
>> I've been wanting to try D2 properly for a while now, but as I use linux
>> x86-64 I've had to resort to using a virtual machine, which is really
>> off putting when I just want to play around with it. I've read multiple
>> threads about getting dmd working with a multilib system, but I still
>> can't get it working, here's what I've tried:
>
> I managed to get it working! Took a lot of effort, but in short:
>
> % yaourt -S lib32-glibc-multilib
>
> # The next step should be yaourt -S gcc-multilib, but the package
> # is broken currently, and I suspect most people don't really want
> # to install another locale and wait over an hour for gcc to compile
> # only to find you forgot something and have to start again, so...
>
> % cd /tmp
>
> # I've uploaded my precompiled version of gcc-multilib with the tweaks
> # I needed to compile already done, removing the need to install new
> # locales and wait for gcc to compile, aren't I nice?
> # I might even post newer versions here when the package is updated on
> # AUR :)
>
> % wget http://omploader.org/vM2w4cw
>
> # I know this step looks questionable, it's needed though (try skipping
> # it if you want a reason)
>
> % sudo pacman -Rd gcc lib32-glibc lib32-glibc-multilib lib32-gcc-libs
>
> # And install gcc-multilib
>
> % sudo pacman -U gcc-multilib-4.4.2-10-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
>
> # You should now be able to use dmd :)
>
> % cat > hello.d <<EOF
> import std.stdio;
>
> void main()
> {
>          writeln( "Hello World!" );
> }
> EOF
> % dmd hello.d
> % ./hello
> Hello World!
>
> Hope this helps anyone having trouble getting dmd working on Arch Linux 
> x86-64 :) Thanks to everyone who helped me, I probably wouldn't have 
> managed without your help :)
>
> Robert

Please place them on Wiki4D, probably a sub-section under AMD64. If you
don't I will, but I'll give you a chance  :)

http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/StartingWithD/Compiler/DMD