Hello! I just got an SGI Indigo2 Impact with an R10k. I would love to get into developing on this platform and maybe even using it to develop my senior year capstone project for my bachelor's degree in CS just because it would be different and fun to get into. I'm familiar with Sun hardware/software of this vintage, but this is my first SGI. I have to admit that it seems the whole IRIX environment is confusing with the variety of CD install media, packages, and so on. My Indigo2 had Irix 6.5 preinstalled for me, and it seems to be a clean install.
I attempted a simple C hello world to test out the compiler, and it failed. The MIPSpro compiler complained about a missing license, and then I got an error of
"cc ERROR: cannot exec /usr/lib32/cmplrs/fec"
According to some posts online, I need to install some packages off the Irix 6.5 Development Libraries CD since I'm missing that 'fec' executable it is looking for. Also, I've seen the compiler will still work even though it complains about the missing license correct?
I've found an ISO for the development libraries CD, so I will give that a try. But I see there is also a development foundation CD as well.. so I'm assuming I should find that too? What exactly do all these CDs contain?
What else is recommended for me to install to get a fully functional development environment? Any advice on best sources for documentation and anything else that may be helpful. I'd like to get into the OpenGL capabilities and use the Indigo2's full potential. Thanks in advance!
Austin
I attempted a simple C hello world to test out the compiler, and it failed. The MIPSpro compiler complained about a missing license, and then I got an error of
"cc ERROR: cannot exec /usr/lib32/cmplrs/fec"
According to some posts online, I need to install some packages off the Irix 6.5 Development Libraries CD since I'm missing that 'fec' executable it is looking for. Also, I've seen the compiler will still work even though it complains about the missing license correct?
I've found an ISO for the development libraries CD, so I will give that a try. But I see there is also a development foundation CD as well.. so I'm assuming I should find that too? What exactly do all these CDs contain?
What else is recommended for me to install to get a fully functional development environment? Any advice on best sources for documentation and anything else that may be helpful. I'd like to get into the OpenGL capabilities and use the Indigo2's full potential. Thanks in advance!
Austin