On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Michael Rice <limitc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
If you can do that shouldn't Fedora 19 Linux let the user double-click on a shell script in its File-Manager to execute it? It seems Ubuntu does.. > > 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 >>> www.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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
