Install Linux/POSIX compatible software on 10.4
Hello everybody,
i'd like to capture the RAW image data from a machine vision camera (XCD-SX910CR) through firewire. unfortunately there doesnt seem to be any software for OSX doing that, but i've found a Linux app called "Coriander" that supposedly does this.
(links: http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/coriander//index.php
http://sourceforge.net/projects/coriander )
now, the first link says you need a Linux Box, but the souceforge page states: "Operating System : All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes), Linux"...
so i wonder if i can install this on my Powermac G4 running OSX 10.4.
i have compiled a few simple programms before, but i'm not sure if it's possible at all (and if it wouldnt be simpler to just install linux on the box 😉
any thoughts appreciated
++ chris
ps:
a few snippets from the manual page:
Linux Kernel and devices
It is strongly advised to use a recent kernel. In the 2.4 branch choose 2.4.23 or later, for the 2.6 branch try 2.6.11. There has been recent changes in the DMA kernel API so that coriander and libdc1394 will only compile with a kernel version >=2.4.23. You should enable 1394 support and select raw1394, ohci1394 (or pcilynx, depending on your card) and video1394 modules (for DMA, only works with OHCI cards). [...]
After compiling and installing the modules, you should create the proper 1394 devices. There are two devices to create: raw1394 and video1394.
Gnome dependencies
As Coriander is a Gnome 2 application, I expect you to have some Gnome libraries installed. Besides the main Gnome library, you should also install the Gnome development packages and libraries. If the development libraries are not installed the configure script will fail with some message related to gnome-config.
required libraries:
Autoconf and Automake (for CVS)
libraw1394
libdc1394
libftp (optional)
SDL
Vloopback
i'd like to capture the RAW image data from a machine vision camera (XCD-SX910CR) through firewire. unfortunately there doesnt seem to be any software for OSX doing that, but i've found a Linux app called "Coriander" that supposedly does this.
(links: http://damien.douxchamps.net/ieee1394/coriander//index.php
http://sourceforge.net/projects/coriander )
now, the first link says you need a Linux Box, but the souceforge page states: "Operating System : All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes), Linux"...
so i wonder if i can install this on my Powermac G4 running OSX 10.4.
i have compiled a few simple programms before, but i'm not sure if it's possible at all (and if it wouldnt be simpler to just install linux on the box 😉
any thoughts appreciated
++ chris
ps:
a few snippets from the manual page:
Linux Kernel and devices
It is strongly advised to use a recent kernel. In the 2.4 branch choose 2.4.23 or later, for the 2.6 branch try 2.6.11. There has been recent changes in the DMA kernel API so that coriander and libdc1394 will only compile with a kernel version >=2.4.23. You should enable 1394 support and select raw1394, ohci1394 (or pcilynx, depending on your card) and video1394 modules (for DMA, only works with OHCI cards). [...]
After compiling and installing the modules, you should create the proper 1394 devices. There are two devices to create: raw1394 and video1394.
Gnome dependencies
As Coriander is a Gnome 2 application, I expect you to have some Gnome libraries installed. Besides the main Gnome library, you should also install the Gnome development packages and libraries. If the development libraries are not installed the configure script will fail with some message related to gnome-config.
required libraries:
Autoconf and Automake (for CVS)
libraw1394
libdc1394
libftp (optional)
SDL
Vloopback
G4 1ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.5)