Linux port

[IncredibleMrT]

Hi,
I've checked the forum for like-minded posts and there doesn't appear to have been one lately so I can't annoy... much!

How about a linux version? Surely there must be loads of people out there using linux and hankering for a decent gui.... voila!!! PLSQL Developer!!!

I've found none better but unfortunately i've abandoned Windows altogether - too much like hard work for me. Settled on Gentoo and running PLSQL 7.1.1 under WINE. Works ok on the whole but there are a few bugs that i'm sure a full Linux release would cure.

Any plans for a Linux version in for the near future? Please say yes!

 

[sukhadukkham]

my vote, too

 

[Marco Kalter]

There are no short term plans yet. We obviously get requests for this, but it's not overwhelming.

 

[IncredibleMrT]

Thats just because people don't like to bother you so they just go off and hope that one day you might feel your way inclined to helping out those unlucky enough to not be shackled by the horrors of Microsoft.

Ok, just thought i'd try. No harm in that, and for the best part Wine does seem to do the trick so i'll just quietly sit and wait.
Thanks

 

[Marco Kalter]

 

[roselan]

same here: I don't want to overwhelm you

Plus i have another pro app that prevent me to get rid of winstuff yet (as well as some old 3d games).

A bit like anyone of us I guess, I'll try to work on linux from next week. And definitively get rid of the windows partition next year...

 

[IncredibleMrT]

Almost 6 years down the line - still no plans for a linux port?

Go on, you know you wanna!

 

[braykov]

Yes, please, a linux port.
But of course you would have to move to another technology.
After Borland's Delphi, C++ Builder, etc. I've seen Qt is the one to consider.
Just a proposal.
Then it would be easier to do one-in-all: Windows, Linux, Mac

 

[IncredibleMrT]

Quite right!

Hmmm... maybe we need a poll to get an idea of how big a deal having a linux version would be....

 

[G Cote]

We currently use PL/SQL on windows.
We have some employes on Linux and this will likely increase. So a port to Linx would be great since we love the product and hope to be able to continue using it.

Don't let Toad or other go there before you.

 

[joachim]

I'm using plsqldev with wine - no problems on ubuntu or redhat!
So, don't wait for a real linux version. You can use it today!

 

[mike]

joachim - Do reports and macros work? It would be sweet if they do. When I tried a few years ago, they weren't working, so I'm curious. I wouldn't have thought it would be a big deal, but I use reports and macros quite a bit and missed them. Everything else was working that I could tell though.

 

[IncredibleMrT]

Joachim, I used it under wine for many years and it was always buggy. Maybe i didn't have it set up quite right, but I spent enough time trying to figure it out!