I (finally!) managed to set up and update my uFEM [1] software. There
are some non-trivial dependencies: the Gtk+ 1.2, the GtkGLArea and so
on. These things are not so easy to set up on the IRIX 5.x but finally
it works.
Then I have had to compile the software. The Makefiles require GNU Make
(because of some scripting which they use). This is rather trivial as a
very old GNU Make is enough and such thing is of course available. Then
I had to change the Makefiles to remove some GCC-specific line options
(-Wall and so on). The last problem was non-availability of the
snprintf function (change of 2 lines of source code). Then the coda was
able to compile and to run with all bells and whistles. Except that the
plotting of results was incorrect.
I ported a old version of the code (some 30 minor version old). So then
I had to repeat the procedure with a fresh on. Well, I only re-wrote
the C and H files and fixed the snprintf issues and it was enough.
After less than 30 minutes of compiling I have my main tool available
here!
Actually, it is not that ideal: the Gtk 1.x port has only a very basic
GUI (the Gtk+ 2.x-based GUI is much more complex and easier to use -
there are visual selections, many shortcuts and such stuff). Anyway,
the most important stuff is available here and it works.
Using OpenGL with 8-bit graphics mode is an another story...
