[scilab-Users] Re: scilab on Ubuntu 11.10

[Antoine Monmayrant]

Le 20/11/2011 22:19, Charles Warner a écrit :
> Anttoine-
> My version of Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) will not allow me to install the two
> libraries simultaneously on the same file system.  I have not considered
> chroot- I don't know if it will find the alternative file system.  Worth a
> try, I suppose.  Since I like to keep two instances of the entire distro on
> my computer (one, my "working" system, one my "experimental" system)
> rebooting has always been my "lazy" approach.  I'm not sure how to use
> chroot in this process, since both systems have root named "/"...maybe
> worth experimentings with.
Well, we use it at work (I have to admit I was not the one setting it 
up) and it's quite convenient.
Basically, the only common points between your two systems will be the 
linux kernel.
Apart from the kernel, the two systems are totally independent and have 
their one filesystems.
We use it to run a debian distro (that have nice packages for 
electromagnetic simulations) on a centos system (needed for a lot of 
other simulations softwares).
Switching from Centos to Debian is as easy as "/local/chroot/debian" and 
it's even easier to switch back: "exit".
We didn't bother setting up the X server on Debian (the softs we use are 
command-line only) but it might be possible to share the same X server 
on both systems.

Cheers,

Antoine
> Charlie
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Antoine Monmayrant<
> antoine.monmayrant at laas.fr>  wrote:
>
>>   Le 20/11/11 18:25, Charles Warner a écrit :
>>
>> "install libgl1-mesa-swx11 or removing libgl1-mesa-glx should fix the
>> issue."  The problem is, other software may require libgl1-mesa-glx-
>> changing to *-swx11 may break something else.  The two libraries apparently
>> cannot co-exist on the same system.  I encountered this with a couple of
>> other software packages I have been working with- the solution is a dual
>> boot system, one with *-glx to satisfy one software package, the other with
>> *-swx11 to satisfy the other software package.  Not an elegant solution...
>>
>> Why don't you chroot instead of dualboot?
>> This could be a more elegant solution, even if it's not perfect.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Tibault Reveyrand<reveyrand at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Here is a way to fix this problem :
>>>
>>> https://twitter.com/#!/SylvestreLedru/status/138217732360515584
>>>
>>>
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>>


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