Before you say this isn't a Perl question, hear me out. I run a very poor machine -- a Chromebook running Arch Linux. I use this because I want people overseas who are very resource limited to be able to run any example I give them. These Chromebooks run out of space and my cue to go out and get something else comes along when I try to install a module and start getting really strange errors that I would not get on my Ubuntu-running desktop. I'll try to update the machine and essentially run out of space.
Here are some quick hardware and os specs:
NAME="Arch Linux" PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux" ID=arch BUILD_ID=rolling ANSI_COLOR="38;2;23;147;209" HOME_URL="https://archlinux.org/" DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/" SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/groups/archlinux/-/issues +" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/privacy-policy/" LOGO=archlinux-logo [joel@PLANTER1 tmp]$ uname -r 6.13.5-arch1-1hostname [joel@PLANTER1 tmp]$ hostnamectl Static hostname: blah Icon name: computer-laptop Chassis: laptop 💻 Machine ID: 431546e29fab402dba950af2652c39ca Boot ID: 6642a71047814218b7785c68524132a4 Operating System: Arch Linux Kernel: Linux 6.13.5-arch1-1 Architecture: x86-64 Hardware Vendor: GOOGLE Hardware Model: Candy Firmware Version: MrChromebox-2408.1 Firmware Date: Sat 2024-09-14 Firmware Age: 1y 7month 3w 6d
I kept trying to use tiny Linux distros but would run into all sorts of hardware issues like my mouse would not work of my monitor would flicker. I settled on old Chromebooks because I could get them for a song on eBay. What prompted today's writing is that I tried to install Tk. I think I installed the pre-reqs:
sudo pacman -S tk .... warning: tk-8.6.16-1 is up to date -- reinstalling ... sudo pacman -S tcl warning: tcl-8.6.16-1 is up to date -- reinstalling ... cpan -i Tk .... cc -c -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I.. -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I. -Ib +itmaps -I/usr/include/freetype2 -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fwrapv - +fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector-strong -I/usr/include/db5 +.3 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -march=x86-64 -mtune=ge +neric -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wforma +t -Werror=format-security -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -f +no-omit-frame-pointer -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer -g -ffile-prefix-m +ap=/build/perl/src=/usr/src/debug/perl -flto=auto -DVERSION=\"804.0 +36\" -DXS_VERSION=\"804.036\" -fPIC "-I/usr/lib/perl5/5.40/core_perl/ +CORE" Xlib_f.c In file included from Xlib_f.c:17: Xlib.t:334:1: warning: ‘XKeycodeToKeysym’ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated- +declarations] 334 | VFUNC(KeySym,XKeycodeToKeysym,V_XKeycodeToKeysym,_ANSI_ARGS_(( +Display *, unsigned int, int))) | ^~~~~ In file included from Xlib_f.c:4: /usr/include/X11/Xlib.h:1683:15: note: declared here 1683 | extern KeySym XKeycodeToKeysym( | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Xlib.t:334:14: error: initialization of ‘KeySym (*)(Display *, unsigne +d int, int)’ {aka ‘long unsigned int (*)(Display *, unsigned int, i +nt)’} from incompatible pointer type ‘KeySym (*)(Display *, KeyCode, + int)’ {aka ‘long unsigned int (*)(Display *, unsigned char, int)’} +[-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 334 | VFUNC(KeySym,XKeycodeToKeysym,V_XKeycodeToKeysym,_ANSI_ARGS_(( +Display *, unsigned int, int))) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Xlib_f.c:15:35: note: in definition of macro ‘VFUNC’ 15 | #define VFUNC(type,name,mem,args) name, | ^~~~ Xlib.t:334:14: note: (near initialization for ‘XlibVtable.V_XKeycodeTo +Keysym’) 334 | VFUNC(KeySym,XKeycodeToKeysym,V_XKeycodeToKeysym,_ANSI_ARGS_(( +Display *, unsigned int, int))) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Xlib_f.c:15:35: note: in definition of macro ‘VFUNC’ 15 | #define VFUNC(type,name,mem,args) name, | ^~~~ make[1]: *** [Makefile:865: Xlib_f.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/.cpan/build/Tk-804.036-2/pTk' make: *** [Makefile:1659: pTk/libpTk.a] Error 2 SREZIC/Tk-804.036.tar.gz /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
So what I am looking for a machine/linux OS with longevity that virtually anyone can afford. I'm looking a lot into mini PCs, figuring I'll just carry around a foldable keyboard and small HDMI mini capable monitor or something around. Of course I've looked around online and found a resource on reddit talking about this issue but since my main interest is ensuring that Perl modules will compile and install correctly my guess is that module authors might already have some rigs set up that they go to for these testing scenarios.
By the way, thank you everyone who has read and responded my posts. Your help is greatly appreciated.
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