Ports

This page contains a list of ports of different Unix and Windows programs to other platforms (mainly eComStation (eCS) and OS/2).

More eComStation (eCS) and OS/2 ports of programs can be found on the pages of Paul Smedley, Netlabs.org and on the Hobbes FTP-Server. Special thanks go to Paul Smedley, who has helped me in the past on some problems and who is also responsible for most ports (by far) as individual person.

Overview

Azureus4eCS (eComStation and OS/2 only)

Please note: Azureus4eCS is currently only an experimental test version!

With the Azureus4eCS package using SWTSwing, it's possible to use Azureus v2.5.0.4 on eComStation (eCS) and OS/2.
Azureus is a well known and wide spread P2P client to download files using the Bittorrent protocol (*.torrent).

The Azureus package includes an installation script to create desktop icons, start scripts for easy usage and a detailed installation script. There are also some additional Java Look'n'Feel classes included.

Requirements

• eComStation (eCS) or OS/2
• Golden Code Java 1.4.1 or Innotek Java 1.4.2 Runtime (JRE; normally shipped with eCS)
  Download Innotek Java 1.4.2_09 JRE here!
• Azureus4eCS package (see download information below)

Installation instruction

• Download and install Java 1.4.x or newer if you don't have it installed already.
• Download Azureus4eCS, create a target directory for Azureus4eCS and extract the ZIP file into the just created directory.
• Go to the Azureus4eCS directory call "instos2" and follow the instructions to create the Desktop icons.
• Finally call the Installation instruction "Azureus4eCS Setup Guide" (index.html in the Azureus4eCS subdirectory) and follow the instructions carefully!

Screenshots
Following later...

Help the SWTSwing development
To help the SWTSwing development you can increase the SWTSwing bounty at OS2World.com and report bugs. There has already been done some work to get Eclipse and Azureus working on this platform and there are still some issues that need to be solved.

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Eclipse Enabler (eComStation and OS/2 only)

With the Eclipse Enabler package using SWTSwing and the Eclipse on Swing (EOS) plugin, the last Eclipse SDK 3.2.2 (Windows) can be used on eComStation (eCS) and OS/2.

The Eclipse Enabler package includes an installation script to create desktop icons, start scripts for easy usage and Eclipse on Swing (EOS) which includes SWTSwing. There are also some additional Java Look'n'Feel classes included.

Requirements

• eComStation (eCS) or OS/2
• Eclipse v3.2.2 for Windows (the last for Java 1.4.x - released on 2007-02-12)
  Download Eclipse SDK 3.2.2 (Windows) here!
• Innotek Java 1.4.2 Runtime (JRE; normally shipped with eCS)
  Golden Code Java 1.4.1 doesn't work!
  Download Innotek Java 1.4.2_09 JRE here!
• Eclipse Enabler package (see download information below)

Installation instruction

• Download and install Java 1.4.2_x or newer if you don't have it installed already.
• Download Eclipse 3.2.2 (Windows) and extract the ZIP file anywhere you like.
• Download Eclipse Enabler package and extract it into the Eclipse base-directory.
• Go to the Eclipse base-directory, call "instos2" and follow the instructions to create the Desktop icons.

Screenshots

Eclipse 3.2.2 running on eCS using the Lipstick Look'n'Feel
(click to view larger image)

Help the SWTSwing development
To help the SWTSwing development you can increase the SWTSwing bounty at OS2World.com and report bugs. There has already been done some work to get Eclipse working on this platform and there are still some issues that need to be solved (not just Eclipse related; I'm also working on an Azureus 2.5.0.4 release).

History/Changelog

• 1.1.0 - 2007-10-03
  • Updated to latest Eclipse on Swing (EOS) v0.9.2 (2007-09-21)
  • EOS is using updated SWTSwing version with improved startup speed and fixed some minor problems.
• 1.0.0 - 2007-08-26
  • First public release using the EOS plug-in.
• previous versions
  • See Eclipse_Enabler_History.txt that is included in the package.

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FCrackZip

Marc Lehmann's FCrackZip is a program to find/crack ZIP passwords. The port for eComStation (eCS) and OS/2 available here is based on the original and unchanged C sourcecode from Marc (die original sourcecode is also part of the ZIP archive).

If you execute the application as fcrackzip --help the following help will be shown:

This port has been tested on an Athlon64 X2 3800+ using eCS 2.0 Beta4 and works as far as I can tell without problems.

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SQLite

SQLite is a small C library that implements a self-contained, embeddable, zero-configuration SQL database engine.

Newer SQLite builds und tools for eCS and OS/2 have been ported by other people:

• Andrew MacIntyre and Peter Weilbacher: SQLite on hobbes
• Rüdiger Ihle: SQLiteBrowser on hobbes

Features include (from the SQLite website):

• Transactions are atomic, consistent, isolated, and durable (ACID) even after system crashes and power failures.
• Zero-configuration - no setup or administration needed.
• Implements most of SQL92. (Features not supported)
• A complete database is stored in a single disk file.
• Database files can be freely shared between machines with different byte orders.
• Supports databases up to 2 tebibytes (241 bytes) in size.
• Strings and BLOBs up to 2 gibibytes (231 bytes) in size.
• Small code footprint: less than 250KiB fully configured or less than 150KiB with optional features omitted.
• Faster than popular client/server database engines for most common operations.
• Simple, easy to use API.
• Well-commented source code with over 95% test coverage.
• Self-contained: no external dependencies.
• Sources are in the public domain. Use for any purpose.

This port hasn't been tested very much, so there might be problems. Currently the DLL is also missing, so you can only use it as commandline application and are not able to integrate it into your own applications. I'll deliver the DLL version as soon as possible.

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Streamtastic (Enhanced backport)

Streamtastic is a GUI frontend for the commandline tool Streamripper. This version has been backported to Java 1.4+ (normally requires Java 1.6) and includes some other modifications like an user selectable Look'n'Feel dialog.

Here are the some of the modifications I made to the original Streamtastic:

• Replaced Java 1.6 SwingWorker with the original org.jdesktop.Swingworker
• Replaced Java 1.6 GroupLayout with older layout managers (GridBagLayout,...)
• Removed Substance.jar from the lib directory (uses some new AWT functions)
• Added Retrotranslator to backport some other functions automatically (Generics,...)
• Added a new menue to change the Look'n'Feel of the application
• Removed some other things (File.canExecute(),...)

This backport hasn't been tested very well. Here are some known problems (so far all eCS and OS/2 related):

• The JTable that shows the currently running downloads isn't updated on eCS and OS/2 (Windows works) so you don't see the current title beeing played.
  Update: This will be fixed when an updated Streamripper port is available!
• Running multiple parallel downloads isn't stable on eCS and OS/2 (Windows works). The first running process might shut down immediately if you try to add a second download.

I could get in contact with two people working on an icecast enhanced version (icecast development branch) based on the original Streamtastic (available on the same website). They got my modifications and I'll try to help to integrate them into their version.

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