Catalan and 32 bits version for mBlock for Linux

#1

Despite the fact this new version is an stable version of mBlock for Linux, there is not a 32 bit version and the 64 bit version does not include Catalan language… We hope you can fix it ASAP

#2

Hi MarcG,

Currently, there is only 64bit linux version mBlock.
As for the language, please kindly wait for a period of time. You can also check if there is update on the Google doc refer to this document: http://www.mblock.cc/posts/note-for-translators.

#3

I know there is only 64 bit version. This is the problem… I understand that the last version was a early release, but 4.0.0 is an stable version, so I think it should support 32 bits arch…

As for the languange, it’s fully uploaded in the shared doc since the 24th of January. I don’t see where is the problem.

If you want, I let you the .json file right here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2tBeChNNgFRY3RjVUlEeXE5aEU/view?usp=sharing

#4

Hi MarcG,

Thanks for your sharing.
I have confirmed with our engineer, the language will be updated after a period time. Please kindly wait for it, thanks!

#5

Come on, please… You have it since January… And what happens with the 32 bit version? If you only compile one version, the best option is the 32 bit! We can’t use mBlock with the half of the computers of the school…

#6

Hi MarcG,

Currently, engineers are all working hard on the web version mBlock. Will combined the languages on web version mBlocks.
As for the 32bit linux version mBlock, we will support in the future. Thanks for your query.

#7

Well. And future is when? Will it be possible to work under 32 bits and in catalan next week? Next month? Shall we look for an alternative to Makeblock?

#8

I can say it in another way. Stop working in new features until what you offer works properly. It’s incredible to start developing another thing when the standard program does not work!

#9

Hi MarcG,

Thanks for your advice, we appreciate it.
Currently, we are unable to estimate time, we will definitely let you know if we can. But we will try our best to be hurry.

#10

Is this another way to say that we won’t have it until… maybe summer? Why only 64 bit version? I can’t understand it…

Is there any way to use mBlock with 2.4G under 32 bit Ubuntu?

#11

Hi again, my dear friends! Look at this website where someone explains how to install mblock in 32 bit linux machines. I cannot try it now, but if you could try it and it works, it would be great that you link to it or something…

#12

Hi @MarcG I don’t know if you got it working already, but mBlock is open source. The sources can be downloaded here:


There is a manual on how to get it working at the bottom.
With the sources you should be able to get mBlock working on basically any pc.

Also, when you are doing that anyway, you can maybe add a catalan translation here:


It should take little work to get your translation working.

#13

I know. I compiled it a lot of times in a 64 bit computer. But it wasn’t possible in 32 ones (I tried in 3 computers). Now, thanks to that Galician friend, it’s working :+1:

#14

Hi!

I saw this (Spanish) https://www.makeblock.es/foro/topic/25/mblock-con-linux

explaining that you can download this file and execute: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz4PsRC_QmKENkVUMlRvbEJZbTg/view

I tried in Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 (32 bits) and worked correctly.

Regards

#15

I update:

I managed to make some progress launching from both Ubuntu 32 and 64 bits, and even uploading code to robot:

Spanish version in: https://makeblock.es/foro/topic/25/mblock-con-linux/2#post-888

We get AppImage posted by @davidsanlo https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz4PsRC_QmKENkVUMlRvbEJZbTg (need to modify for 64 bits Linux http://askubuntu.com/questions/60751/is-it-possible-to-have-32-bit-libraries-installed-on-a-64-bit-system) and we may modify for using arduino:

We mount the appimage:

sudo mkdir tmp makeblock_linux
sudo mount mBlock-4.0.0-ia32.AppImage tmp
sudo scp -r tmp/* makeblock_linux
cd makeblock_linux/usr/bin/resources/tools/arduino
sudo ln -s /home/javi/Programs/arduino/arduino arduino

(If you have default arduino folder: sudo ln -s /usr/bin/arduino arduino)

And we can now connect to our mbot from the scratch application!

Now go back to makeblock_linux folder:
cd makeblock_linux/usr/bin
./mblock

And start scratching!

Javi