Installing Linux Software on SmartOS

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I am using a standard64 (Image 13.3.1) SmartOS machine from Joyent and I would like to install some software written for Linux. The software (called wkhtmltopdf) is an HTML to PDF converter written in C++. The software is downloadable here.

How can I get this Linux 64 bit software to install and run on SmartOS?

shouldn't the KVM do this automatically ? – c0d3junk13 Mar 13 '14 at 01:27 — c0d3junk13, Mar 13 '14 at 01:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '14 at 01:28

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Here is the source code: https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf

You need to compile it on your machine. You might require some additional libraries. You can contact the authors for more info if the documentation doesn't help.

answered Mar 13 '14 at 01:28

brokenfoot

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Has anyone successfully compiled this on SmartOS? – Justin Elkow Mar 13 '14 at 17:19
I don't know but this is what people generally do. Binaries are meant to run on specific architecture/OS. This is the best way if you have the source available. – brokenfoot Mar 13 '14 at 17:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '15 at 06:34

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Joyent now supports Linux compatible instances (no VM) on their public cloud, so this should run fine just as is (a Linux binary).

answered Jun 24 '15 at 06:34

Elijah

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Installing Linux Software on SmartOS

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