[x3d-public] X3D-Edit on Linux?

[Don Brutzman]

Very glad you have the zip version (which includes launchable versions for all three operating systems) working on Linux.

Your message confirms that we are finding problems with all of the other autoinstallers.

Thanks for the progress reports.  Have fun with X3D-Edit!  8)


On 5/9/2021 6:27 PM, John Carlson wrote:
> 
> As reported before:
> 
> $ bash x3dedit40-linux\(1\).sh
> Configuring the installer...
> Searching for JVM on the system...
> Extracting installation data...
> Running the installer wizard...
> 
> (java:731882): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:07:51.534: Unable to locate theme
> engine in module_path: "adwaita",
> 
> 
> does not work.
> 
> ===============================================
> 
> Trying netbeans 12.3 + modules X3D-Edit4.0NetbeansModules.zip
> 
> Launch works!
> 
> All modules seem to install (I didn't notice any errors).
> 
> Xj3D from browser menu doesn't work.  Button icon does.
> 
> FreeWRL brought up strange model on first run, fixed after that.
> 
> Kate doesn't come up and neither does web browsers.
> 
> HTML or rendered HTML doesn't come up and neither does web browser.
> 
> Schematron appears to report same errors as before.
> 
> I will attempt to install some authoring tools next.
> 
> John
> 
> On 5/9/21 3:16 PM, Don Brutzman wrote:
>> John, we are on NetBeans 12.3 and do not plan to offer support for
>> integrating into prior versions.  YMMV.
>>
>> However it is quite possible the X3D-Edit standalone application will
>> work, it does not need NetBeans to run.
>>
>> We are testing with Java OpenJDK 16 on Mac and Windows.
>>
>> No test reports for Linux yet.
>>
>> Fresh builds (MacOSX, Windows, Linux) uploaded this afternoon to
>>
>> * X3D-Edit 4.0 Authoring Tool
>> * https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit
>> * https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/#Downloads
>> * https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit/#TODO
>>
>>
>> On 5/8/2021 9:26 PM, John Carlson wrote:
>>>
>>> Kubuntu 20.10 is at NetBeans 10.   Do you recommend standalone
>>> X3D-edit or downloading a Debian package?
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:06 PM Don Brutzman <brutzman at nps.edu
>>> <mailto:brutzman at nps.edu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     I hope that everyone is well.
>>>
>>>     1. New business
>>>
>>>     Upcoming:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>     b. X3D-Edit 4 beta testing: standalone application is improving,
>>> embedded NetBeans modules still broken.
>>>
>>>     * X3D-Edit 4.0 Authoring Tool for Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics
>>>     https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit <https://savage.nps.edu/X3D-Edit>
>>> [...]
>>
>> all the best, Don

all the best, Don
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