Installing Hercules on Linux

[Mike Myers-5]

Hi:

I am looking to install Hercules on Linux. I'm pretty much open to using any Linux distribution, but I have been unable to find any detailed instructions for doing so. Has anyone any experience with running Hercules under Linux who can tell me where to look or even suggest a specific distribution?

Mike Myers

[Tim Pinkawa]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:31 PM, mhmyers2003 <mike@...> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I am looking to install Hercules on Linux. I'm pretty much open to using any Linux distribution, but I have been unable to find any detailed instructions for doing so. Has anyone any experience with running Hercules under Linux who can tell me where to look or even suggest a specific distribution?
>
> Mike Myers

I have used Hercules on Ubuntu for several years (desktop and server
varieties). Hercules is provided as a standard package (apt-get
install hercules), or it can be built from source code. I have some
instructions on the installation process here:
http://www.timpinkawa.net/hercules/instherc.html

Once it's installed, it's pretty much the same as using it on Windows
(without HercGUI).

Tim

> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:31 PM, mhmyers2003 <mike@...> wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I am looking to install Hercules on Linux. I'm pretty much open to using any Linux distribution, but I have been unable to find any detailed instructions for doing so. Has anyone any experience with running Hercules under Linux who can tell me where to look or even suggest a specific distribution?
> >
> > Mike Myers
>
> I have used Hercules on Ubuntu for several years (desktop and server
> varieties). Hercules is provided as a standard package (apt-get
> install hercules), or it can be built from source code. I have some
> instructions on the installation process here:
> http://www.timpinkawa.net/hercules/instherc.html
>
> Once it's installed, it's pretty much the same as using it on Windows
> (without HercGUI).
>
> Tim
>

I run Hercules under Slackware. There is a SlackBuild script available for it and a pre-built package (both maintained by me).
There also is a GUI for Linux available: http://www.mvsdasd.org/hercstudio/

Niels

[Rafa Pereira]

--- In hercules-390@..., Tim Pinkawa <timpinkawa@...> wrote:

>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:31 PM, mhmyers2003 <mike@...> wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I am looking to install Hercules on Linux. I'm pretty much open to using any Linux distribution, but I have been unable to find any detailed instructions for doing so. Has anyone any experience with running Hercules under Linux who can tell me where to look or even suggest a specific distribution?
> >
> > Mike Myers
>
> I have used Hercules on Ubuntu for several years (desktop and server
> varieties). Hercules is provided as a standard package (apt-get
> install hercules),
>
> Tim
>

The same is true for Debian. You have the hercules package, together with several tn3270-client packages available.

Regards.

Rafa.

[Dan Horák]

rptv2003 píše v Ne 01. 11. 2009 v 14:56 +0000:

>
> --- In hercules-390@..., Tim Pinkawa <timpinkawa@...> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:31 PM, mhmyers2003 <mike@...> wrote:
> > > Hi:
> > >
> > > I am looking to install Hercules on Linux. I'm pretty much open to using any Linux distribution, but I have been unable to find any detailed instructions for doing so. Has anyone any experience with running Hercules under Linux who can tell me where to look or even suggest a specific distribution?
> > >
> > > Mike Myers
> >
> > I have used Hercules on Ubuntu for several years (desktop and server
> > varieties). Hercules is provided as a standard package (apt-get
> > install hercules),
> >
> > Tim
> >
>
> The same is true for Debian. You have the hercules package, together with several tn3270-client packages available.

And the same is true for Fedora. And you can get the new HerculesStudio
GUI directly from the distribution repositories.


Dan

[halfmeg]

> mhmyers2003 wrote:

> Hi:
 
> I am looking to install Hercules on Linux. I'm pretty much open to
> using any Linux distribution, ...

><snip>

This dovetails in with something I have been mulling over for the last few days;

How to create portable Linux Hercules binaries which can run on various Linux distributions.

The RPM at Hercules-390.org is not static linked so depends upon the run time libraries installed on the host Linux system.  It also may be 32-bit only ( SMP status unknown ? ).

Other than static linking of all libs there also seems to be a need to utilize older glibc labels as current glibc libraries are backward compatible but not vice versa.

Has anyone created a static Hercules binary distribution for Linux ?

Is INTEL vs AMD an issue also ?

Phil

[Gregg C Levine-2]

Hello!
I've been running Hercules via Slackware Linux also for several years.

Currently he's running Hercules on desktop, but my next step is to configure
a server also running Slackware. This step would be 64 bit based, although I
haven't found an appropriate platform. (Version 13.0 does 64 bit.)

--
Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@...
"The Force will be with you always." Obi-Wan Kenobi
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: hercules-390@... [mailto:hercules-390@...]
On
> Behalf Of Tim Pinkawa
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:04 AM
> To: hercules-390@...
> Subject: Re: [hercules-390] Installing Hercules on Linux
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:31 PM, mhmyers2003 <mike@...>
wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I am looking to install Hercules on Linux. I'm pretty much open to using
any Linux
> distribution, but I have been unable to find any detailed instructions for
doing so. Has
> anyone any experience with running Hercules under Linux who can tell me
where to look or

> even suggest a specific distribution?
> >
> > Mike Myers
>
> I have used Hercules on Ubuntu for several years (desktop and server
> varieties). Hercules is provided as a standard package (apt-get
> install hercules), or it can be built from source code. I have some
> instructions on the installation process here:
> http://www.timpinkawa.net/hercules/instherc.html
>
> Once it's installed, it's pretty much the same as using it on Windows
> (without HercGUI).
>
> Tim

--- In hercules-390@..., "Gregg C Levine" <hansolofalcon@...> wrote:

>
> Hello!
> I've been running Hercules via Slackware Linux also for several years.
>
> Currently he's running Hercules on desktop, but my next step is to configure
> a server also running Slackware. This step would be 64 bit based, although I
> haven't found an appropriate platform. (Version 13.0 does 64 bit.)
>
> --
> Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@...
> "The Force will be with you always." Obi-Wan Kenobi
>  

Hercules compiles without problems on 64-bit Slackware 13.0.
You can get the SlackBuild here:
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.0/system/hercules/

I've been using it on Slackware64 for some months now without problems.

Regards,

Niels

[Mike Myers-5]

Thanks to all who responded regarding Hercules under Linux. I now have
successfully installed Hercules 3.06 under Ubuntu 9.04.

Mike Myers

niels_horn wrote:

>  
>
> --- In hercules-390@...
> <mailto:hercules-390%40yahoogroups.com>, "Gregg C Levine"
> <hansolofalcon@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> > I've been running Hercules via Slackware Linux also for several years.
> >
> > Currently he's running Hercules on desktop, but my next step is to
> configure
> > a server also running Slackware. This step would be 64 bit based,
> although I
> > haven't found an appropriate platform. (Version 13.0 does 64 bit.)
> >
> > --
> > Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@...
> > "The Force will be with you always." Obi-Wan Kenobi
> >  
>
> Hercules compiles without problems on 64-bit Slackware 13.0.
> You can get the SlackBuild here:
> http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.0/system/hercules/ 
> <http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.0/system/hercules/>
>
> I've been using it on Slackware64 for some months now without problems.
>
> Regards,
>
> Niels
>
>