That being said, double-clicking the "squeak.sh" in the extracted all-in-one folder should get everything running, or give you error messages that Google could help with.
Double-clicking doesn't work in my Fedora 19 Linux. Must do this instead: 1) Find the icon that looks like a terminal; open it to type a command on the "command line" 2) Go to the Squeak-All-In-One folder using the cd (change directory) command 2) Type "./squeak.sh &" (omit the quotes) and the enter key Michael On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Tim Retz <human.shield....@gmail.com> wrote: > The squeak mailing list is happy to help you with problems that have to do > with squeak. This assumes you know the basics of how to install/use a > program on your computer. While there are basic instructions for Windows > and MacOS, there aren't for Linux for a few reasons: both Windows and Mac > are very mainstream OS's, and so they have very unified ways of installing > things. Also, there is really only 1 or 2 ways to install something on one > of those systems. This is not the case with Linux. The Linux way of doing > things focuses on the super old school UNIX mentality that the person using > the system knows what they're doing better than any program or developer > can guess, and so the power, and responsibility, is in your hands. > > "...or you can just give them the source code, and have them figure it > out. Linux users aren't retarded." - a friend of mine giving another friend > advice on releasing some software. > > I mention this because, if you use Linux, it's the user's responsibility > to know (or figure out) how to get a piece of software working. Whether you > need too look up something using the man pages, or ask a question on your > distribution's forums, "How do I get <insert_program_name_here> to run?" > isn't really a question for the squeak community if you're on a Linux > machine. > > Pardon my ranting, I'm a little drunk and bored, and saw this message on > my phone, thinking "What the hell. *shrug*" > > That being said, double-clicking the "squeak.sh" in the extracted > all-in-one folder should get everything running, or give you error messages > that Google could help with. > On Jan 24, 2015 11:00 PM, "Kirk Fraser" <overcomer....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I finally found the responses to my email that never arrived in my inbox >> yet by looking in the Archive. Thanks. >> >> Apparently my question needs to be restated in better jargon. So here >> goes: >> A beginner might want to start Squeak on a Linux machine. The Beginner's >> heading has no information for a beginner using Linux. Yet the claim is >> Squeak works on both Windows and Linux. So how does a beginner do it? >> >> Casey says take a flying leap and eventually you'll get it. >> Bert says there are easy to follow instructions to do it. >> >> Where are these easy to follow instructions for beginners? >> >> >> Kirk W. Fraser >> w <http://freetom.info/TrueChurch>ww.JesusGospelChurch.com - Replace the >> fraud churches with the true church. >> http://freetom.info - Example of False Justice common in America >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beginners mailing list >> Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org >> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Beginners mailing list > Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners > >
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