I am trying to install Gambas, first time user, on Ubuntu 20.04.  I have tried using the Ubuntu Store and downloading and using the install directions from the Gambas website.

Resultees:
In both cases Gambas goes through whatever install process it does.  I don't get any errors of any kind.  In the case of using the Ubuntu Store.  If I click on the Gambas icon I get the spinning cursor for a min the nothing… no Gambas, no error.. nothing.  I have rebooted.  uninstalled, reinstalled, updated Ubuntu and still can't get Gambas to run.

I ran through the manual install ./reconfigure-all, ./configure, make install.  all processes ran without giving me any problems.  However, there is no Gambas when it is all done.  Not that I could find anywhere to start the IDE.

I'm not off to a good start here.

HELP, please

Donald

p.s. also trying to find a beginners guide or something.

 have you tried running from terminal to see if any error messages are going to stdout?
from a terminal/shell just type gambas3

 I'll give that a try and post what happens.

 Ok, I type gabmas3 in the terminal and get the following

"gbr3: unable to load component:  gb.from.print"

 If you have synaptic pakage manager i'd use that , type 'gambas' in the search field and see what's not selected.
this is a known issue i believe some gambas packages are missing when installed with ubuntu.

 Sorry have you added the gambas-team ppa's or just using the standard ubuntu package?
Edit . i did read the first post lol, that slipped my mind.

It's possible the uibuntu verison and latest ppa vesion are conflicting.
Try the following…
From terminal first completely remove all gambas stuff
type…
sudo apt-get purge gambas3*

Then load synaptic package manager and press the "Origin" tab
select the gambas-team ppa's from the list and install your gambas items from there.

 Ok, so that is done. and Gambas starts

I click on the Examples and I see "… click here to access the farm server and download them…"  I do that and get…"Protocol "farm" is unknown.

I apricate your help. But Gambas is clearly not something I want to use.  I have spent 3 hours just getting the IDE installed and running and now I can't even install the examples in order to learn how to use it.  I will just go back to Lazarus.  Sorry, but this experience has left me with not a very good first impression of Gambas.  So, I will decline to proceed further with it.

just click the Farm:// link , it loads the farm page , its a new incomplete feature, it does the same thing as clicking the "Software farm" tab.

Give it a chance m8 , gambas is great , sorry you had a glitch installing there but you might find it worth it.

You're up and running now , you've got the VERY latest version though so there's a couple of little things like that link you clicked not running yet but trust me i've been using gambas for years and i'd swear by it.

And also, with all my years of experience ,, i had the same issue when i installed the latest ppa version lol.

Plus we're all a friendly helpful bunch here

 Is there any documentation?  Or is it just the examples?

 Ya, I need some kind of documentation.

I just added a button to a form and I can't find the Caption property anywhere.  But I can do "Button1.caption = "Hello World"" and that will work.  I just don't think I want to have to set every caption on every control at runtime.  So, I have to be missing something.

try

 I'm sorry, but I keep asking for documentation.  Isn't any?  Any at all?

 Cancel that.  I must not have had enough coffee today.  I found the first page of this group and it appears to be all the documentation I could need right now.

There's lots of doc's books out there.
If you've used microsoft visual basic or .net it's quite similar (but less complicated)
Are you completely new to coding ?

There's the gambas wiki, this is our online reference manual but has a lot of examples…
http://gambaswiki.org/wiki

a beginners guide…
http://distro.ibiblio.…gambas-beginner-guide.pdf

Quite a few good links here for chat rooms online resources n stuff…
http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/doc/forum?nh&l=en

Caption is a synonym the .Text property, you'll find text in the list of properties.

Take yr time fella , Rome wasn't built in a day
Glad you found some docs

I tried many other languages/programming environments , can't get my head around any of them lol
I'd had experience with visual basic and .net on microsoft though.
Gambas is simple in comparison , and once you get used to using the IDE you'll find it very intuitive and full of very handy features that other IDE's lack.

If you're new to coding though it will take a little time to get your head around it, i mean it's not rocket science but it's not super simple either.
Best way to get into programming I've always said is to think of it as gaming, a new kind of game that has challenges and puzzles and might take some head scratching and even some research/help , but ultimately , at the end of the game , you have your very own software
Basic is a very high level language , the higher the level a language is the closer it is to just talking, the lowest level language being coding in binary 0's and 1's , but basic is pretty up there with being an easy one

It's gonna be a bit of trial and error though , it is for us all

Hi DFergFLA, I am glad you are still with us. To get help in the IDE you can use several methods: -

Try right-clicking on an item in the toolbox.
There is help available above the Toolbox, If you can't see anything you should be able to see 2 small ^ that if clicked on will open the help window, see images below.
Press F1 for general help.
Press F2 for specific help on a command.

<IMG src="https://www.cogier.com/gambas/Help1.png"> </IMG>

<IMG src="https://www.cogier.com/gambas/Help2.png"> </IMG>

I hope you have found the Gambas Farm as there are plenty of examples there, if not you can also see the Farm on Gambas.One here.

There are a couple of books on Gambas.One as well here and here.

Have a look through the "Did you know?" section of the Forum which is pinned at the top of the General area here. There is a wealth of information there from users.

You might like to know that I have just installed Ubuntu 20.10 beta and Gambas 3.15.2 installed correctly from the Ubuntu repository (ppa not used).

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