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Installing and running pypy on linux

I have been attempting to install and run pypy3 on a linux machine but am running into troubles. I have been using pypy on a mac but installed it using homebrew so didn’t encounter any of these troubles. I downloaded the most recent build and unpacked the tar file as described by their documentation. I …

Convert DLL from Windows to LINUX

I’m using the lastest DELPHI version 10.2.3 with LINUX support and I already managed to compile a console application using the platform LINUX 64 bit and execute this code on my UBUNTU client computer. Now I wanted to convert a larger project for LINUX. Question is now : for a exsting DLL which compiles…

How is the locale of a C program set to the “C” locale?

A C program inherits its locale environment variables when it starts up. This happens automatically. However, these variables do not automatically control the locale used by the library functions, because ANSI C says that all programs start by default in the standard “C” locale. I have read that a…

Running variable string match against grep search?

I’ve defined the variables here to shorten the logic a little. The wget works fine (downloads the correct file) and grepping for tar.gz works in the wget.log The issue is the match to another file! Basically, if it’s on a blacklist I want it to skip! Answer Use && to test if both of the gr…

Discard images from a group of similar images

I am generating images (thumbnails) from a video every 3 seconds. Now I need to discard/remove all the similar images. Is there a way I could this? I generate thumbnails using FFMPEG. I read about various image-diff solutions like given in this SO post, but I do not want to do this manually. How and what para…

C++ build process – lib dependencies

I have a Visual studio solution with 5 projects Main: application A,B,C,D: static libraries Main depends on A,B. A depends on C,D. I have a fragile understanding of the build process. The libs were building alone fine, especially A; I did not feel I was linking C and D to A. And to build the Main application,…

How to install app on android with gradlew.sh?

I have downloaded an android app from Github (Link). But I am unable to install this app on android (I am using Linux). Could someone tell me which direction should I go? App folder Contains following files: build.gradle gradle.properties gradlew gradlew.bat settings.gradle Answer first install gradle this li…