QB64 on RPI4 (4gb)

[awkutchins]

Hello reader,

My goal is to create a server to facilitate communications between different computers for mulitplayer games (online shooters, board games, baseball, ect.). I am very new to linux and not very comfortable doing anything outside of a tutorial and there isn't much online about this. I have tried what I have found but it's either not updated for rpi 4 or not enough information for me to connect the dots since I'm beyond a noob in this.

I have an RPI 4 (4gb) I am trying to use to do this but I can't seem to run anything useful. I have tried using wine (64 bit), and wine (32 bit) for linux to run the .exe files (the tutorial I used was

) . I have also tried to run qb64 for linux on it to try to compile my programs directly on it. I would like to use the RPI instead of getting a small windows computer if I can avoid it.

My options (in my mind and I'm probably wrong) are:
*Copy .exe files to rpi then use wine to run them
*Create a .exe like program to run on linux natively
*Try to put windows onto the RPI then run .exe (unlikely)
*Switch machines (Last resort)

I can get into much more detail of what I have and what I have tried to do as I am not sure what will help. I know some people got qb64 to run on the pi but I couldn't follow their instructions. https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=1550.0

Any help would be much appreciated.

[jack]

hello awkutchins
in the file QB64/internal/c/common.h
add the following at the top
#define QB64_NOT_X86
then run the build script
running x86 code in wine seems like a crazy idea to me, way too much overhead

[awkutchins]

I did that and when I ran the setup I was gui location errors I believe. I will try again from scratch when I get home and see if I get those errors again. Also just for my piece of mind, what is the easiest way to install qb64 onto rpi4? I believe I downloaded the linux version onto my windows pc and copied it over on the sd card. I'm not sure if that is part of the reason I'm having issues.

[jack]

I recommend that you connect the PI to the internet because there may be libraries that need to be installed, and once having the PI connected I would simply launch the web browser and download QB64
I am doing a clean Raspbian install as I write, once installed I will try to build QB64

[jack]

@awkutchins
you need to install freeglut3-dev and mesa-utils, from the terminal
sudo apt install freeglut3-dev
sudo apt install mesa-utils
after that
./setup_lnx.sh
it should without a problem, however, when tried to compile QB64/programs/samples/misc/3dballs.bas it failed to compile with the error
objcopy: architecture i386 unknown
g++: error: ../temp/data.o: No such file or directory

but acalc.bas compiled and run ok

[awkutchins]

Thank you so much. I will try this when I get home and give an update.
Did you have to update this line in the setup_lnx.sh:

elif [ "$DISTRO" == "linuxmint" ] || [ "$DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ] || [ "$DISTRO" == "debian" ] || [ "$DISTRO" == "raspbian" ] || [ "$DISTRO" == "zorin" ]; then
  echo "Debian based distro detected."

[jack]

no I didn't

[awkutchins]

Is there any libraries for qb64 to gain access to the gpio pins? I wanted to run some status leds from the rpi since it will be running in the background without a monitor.

[jack]

I hardly ever play with the PI, don't know if wiring-pi or something like that is still available, may I suggest that you visit the PI forum https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/index.php

[jack]

a lot of programs in the misc folder fail to compile, however one program that failed to compile compiled ok after installing libsdl1.2-dev
the program name is audio.bas, don't know if more programs will compile if certain libraries are installed

[awkutchins]

So I downloaded the three libraries you said (freeglut3-dev, mesa-utils, and libsdl1.2-dev) and it is running. I'm trying to compile some of my old programs with much success and I'm ready for the next step of my project. If I get the gpio pins working I will explain what I did for others. If I run into a problem where I need to download another library (like in the case of libsdl1.2-dev), is there a list somewhere I can use as reference to find what I need?

Ps: Is there a linux version of ctrl+break for linux? I'm not sure if it's the keyboard I'm using for it requiring fn to get to break but I've been using ctrl+alt+d to go to the desktop then closing the app.

Pss: Thank you so much for your help. I am so relieved it is working

[jack]

Hi awkutchins
I am glad that it's working for you, as for break, try ctrl+c
as for possible needed libraries, I don't know enough about QB64 to answer that but you can get most libraries via apt

[jack]

the PI4 with 8GB RAM is available https://www.pishop.us/product-category/special-offers/new-raspberry-pi-4-8gb/
that should be adequate for a 64-bit OS