Welcome to GAMBAS !

GAMBAS is a free implementation of a graphical development
environment based on a BASIC interpreter. It is very
inspired by Visual Basic and Java.

More information on http://gambas.sourceforge.net


HOW TO COMPILE GAMBAS ?

1) First, you need to install all development package:

   - The QT3 development package.
   - The QT3-compat development package on a Debian.
   - The KDE development packages.
   - The PostgreSQL development package.
   - The MySQL development packages.
   - The SDL development packages.


2) When done, type the following magic sentences in a shell.
   '#' represents your shell prompt, and "..." are the
   messages printed during the configuration and compilation.

  This command analyzes the system and configure the package:

     # ./configure
     ...

   This command compiles the programs:

     # make
     ...

   And finally this command installs everything:

     # su -c "make install"
     Password: <Type root password here>
     ...

   If something fails during this process, try to type the
   following command before ./configure :

     # ./reconf

   If it does not work, I need to know what happened exactly.
   To do so, type the following command :

     # ( ./configure; make; make install ) > output.txt 2>&1

   And send me the file "output.txt" by mail, with every other
   detail about your computer and your distribution you find
   useful.

3) If everything was fine, type "gambas" to run the development
   environment. There are a few examples in the "examples"
   directory.

4) There are more explanations in the "INSTALL" file. I invite
   you to read them.

Enjoy it !

Benoît.