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| - | ====== About Development ====== | + | ====== Development ====== |
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| SliTaz provides development tools for web design, editing scripts and source code. On the website, the Development page will give you general information about the developers and opportunities for involvement. | SliTaz provides development tools for web design, editing scripts and source code. On the website, the Development page will give you general information about the developers and opportunities for involvement. | ||
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| === Create a SHell script === | === Create a SHell script === | ||
| - | Before starting a new SHell script, you must pay attention to the interpreter used. Most SHell scripts use ///bin/sh//, because it's more portable, but there are scripts that rely on ///bin/bash// and this must be installed on the system. For a SHell script to function, it must be made executable by changing permissions on the command line using the chmod tool. To create a script.sh and make it executable: | + | Before starting a new SHell script, you must pay attention to the interpreter used. Most SHell scripts use ///bin/sh//, because it's more portable, but there are scripts that rely on ///bin/bash// and this must be installed on the system. For a SHell script to function it must be made executable by changing permissions on the command line using the chmod tool. To create a script.sh and make it executable: |
| <code> $ touch script.sh | <code> $ touch script.sh | ||
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| --msgbox "Message made by dialog." 5 54 </code> | --msgbox "Message made by dialog." 5 54 </code> | ||
| - | You can find plenty of example scripts in the ///sample// directory inside the source code of dialog, which can be downloaded from: http://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.html. Download sources and decompress: | + | You can find plenty of example scripts in the ///sample// directory inside the source code of dialog which can be downloaded from: http://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.html. Download sources and decompress: |
| <code> $ wget ftp://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.tar.gz | <code> $ wget ftp://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.tar.gz | ||
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| ===== Perl or Microperl - Code/use Perl scripts ===== | ===== Perl or Microperl - Code/use Perl scripts ===== | ||
| - | On SliTaz you can use the powerful scripting language Perl via the perl or microperl binary. Microperl is a streamlined version of perl - compiled from official sources, Perl scripts running Microperl are compatible with the complete version of Perl. One of Perl's strengths is its portability, it can be used on any system and it's an interpreted language, which means that the code doesn't need to be compiled and can be used directly. On SliTaz, Perl and Microperl are not installed by default on the LiveCD: you can either rebuild your ISO or install through the package manager. Note: Microperl is only 1 MB and provides no modules: | + | On SliTaz you can use the powerful scripting language Perl via the perl or microperl binary. Microperl is a streamlined version of perl compiled from official sources, Perl scripts running Microperl are compatible with the complete version of Perl. One of Perl's strengths is its portability, it can be used on any system and it's an interpreted language, which means that the code doesn't need to be compiled and can be used directly. On SliTaz, Perl and Microperl are not installed by default on the LiveCD: you can either rebuild your ISO or install through the package manager. Note: Microperl is only 1 MB and provides no modules: |
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| CGI scripts are designed to display dynamically generated web pages. The Perl language associated with the LightTPD web server allows you to use CGI scripts through your public space or via virtual hosts. Perl is quite adapted to Web 2.0 and can generate xHTML pages. On SliTaz you must have Perl or Microperl installed and the LightTPD server configured before you can use CGI scripts coded in Perl. Note that by default SHell scripts (.sh) can be placed in /cgi-bin/. | CGI scripts are designed to display dynamically generated web pages. The Perl language associated with the LightTPD web server allows you to use CGI scripts through your public space or via virtual hosts. Perl is quite adapted to Web 2.0 and can generate xHTML pages. On SliTaz you must have Perl or Microperl installed and the LightTPD server configured before you can use CGI scripts coded in Perl. Note that by default SHell scripts (.sh) can be placed in /cgi-bin/. | ||
| - | Once the server is properly configured, you can put your CGI in your //$HOME/Public/cgi-bin// using the //.pl// or //.cgi// extension and view them locally or remotely. Example of using a Perl CGI script: | + | Once the server is properly configured, you can put your CGI in your //$HOME/Public/cgi-bin// using the //.pl// or //.cgi// extension and view them either locally or remotely. Example of using a Perl CGI script: |
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| ===== Toolchain - Libraries, C compiler and tools ===== | ===== Toolchain - Libraries, C compiler and tools ===== | ||
| - | To compile software from sources or your own code, you need at least the basic toolchain, comprising of Binutils, Glibc, C compiler, Kernel headers and the Make utility. Note that the toolchain is used by the SliTaz developers to compile the entire system from source. To install the meta package and all dependancies: | + | To compile software from sources or your own code, you need at least the basic toolchain, comprising of Binutils, Glibc, C compiler, Kernel headers and the Make utility. Note that the toolchain is used by the SliTaz developers to compile the entire system from source. To install the meta package and all dependencies: |
| <code> # tazpkg get-install slitaz-toolchain </code> | <code> # tazpkg get-install slitaz-toolchain </code> | ||
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| <code> $ tazpkg search pkg-config </code> | <code> $ tazpkg search pkg-config </code> | ||
| - | If you would like to compile applications utilizing the Ncurses library, you must install the ncurses-dev package. Note the ncurses package also provides a variety of small programs such as tic or tack: | + | If you would like to compile applications utilizing the Ncurses library, you must install the ncurses-dev package. Note the ncurses package also provides a variety of small programs such as tic or tac: |
| <code> $ tazpkg search ncurses </code> | <code> $ tazpkg search ncurses </code> | ||