Tips and Tricks
Running Delphi programs under Linux
- Install
wine
andxvfb
for headless terminals. - For Intraweb applications, determine a free port, for example 8080.
- Create and fill a MySQL database on the lLinux server, and configure that database in the Delphi application.
- Move the
delphi.exe
together withlibmysql.dll
(version 5.59 extracted from a MySQL-Windows-Distribution) to some directory under Linux. xvfb-run wine delphi.exe
, then Ctrl-Z andbg
- Open the application in a browser with the URL
http://www.punctum.com:8080/$/
.