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cdeagle
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Posted: 03:32pm 02 Jul 2019
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I tried to run the 2019-05-05_211935_mmbasic on a 1GB Raspberry Pi 4. When I extracted the file, did a chmod +x mmbasic and then sudo ./mmbasic, I get the following error

./mmbasic: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 
CaptainBoing

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Posted: 04:28pm 02 Jul 2019
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there is a lot of changes from stretch - loads of complaints about broken apps out there
 
goc30

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Posted: 05:38pm 02 Jul 2019
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Hi all

I wait my rpi4
I think that first pb is the 2_screens driver
in doc they said that you cannot use an old strech sdcard

cdeagle
have-you tried mmbasic in "root" directly (not through kde)?
 
JohnS
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Posted: 10:08am 03 Jul 2019
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  cdeagle said   I tried to run the 2019-05-05_211935_mmbasic on a 1GB Raspberry Pi 4. When I extracted the file, did a chmod +x mmbasic and then sudo ./mmbasic, I get the following error

./mmbasic: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


If there is a different libncurses.so then try making a symbolic link to it using the unfound name (libncurses.so.5 in this case).

If there's no libncurses.so then install the relevant package (ncurses, looks like).

Not ideal but often works (not needed if mmbasic is rebuilt).

For non-Linux users: usually in this sort of situation you'd have a package for mmbasic you could just install or failing that just download the source and build it (essentially using ./configure && make && sudo make install).

(I'd try it if I had an RPi4.)

JohnEdited by JohnS 2019-07-04
 
cdeagle
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Posted: 10:59am 03 Jul 2019
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Re-installed pigpio using Method 1 described at

https://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/

Now MMBASIC runs on the Raspberry Pi 4. More testing underway .....
 
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