On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 5:46 PM, John Porubek <jporu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Let me know if you want examples or to create one for you to try. > > I appreciate the offer and I may take up you up on it if I pursue this > path further.
Apologies for re-opening a somewhat old thread. After a mysterious issue with upgrading Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04, I decided that my feelings of security with that distribution were an illusion. So I took the leap to NixOS, although in a somewhat cowardly way. I'm running it under Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM. This is a great way for a newb like me to experiment with a new OS with complete abandon, knowing that if I really screw up I can just delete the VM and start over. It's been a lot of fun and I'm learning a lot. However, I still have a lot more to learn. The NixOS documentation is excellent and the community is knowledgeable and friendly. But I'm not at the point yet where I can fully bring up Factor under NixOS. I was surprised at how far I got using the "brute force and bloody ignorant" approach. I did a git clone of the Factor repository and followed the readme instructions. I added packages to NixOS as I seemed to need them and and re-ran "factor.sh update" until I got to a working console listener that would run my standard Factor test: "355 113. / ." However, if I just try to start Factor from the command line, I get a "Cannot open image file" error and, indeed, there is no factor.image file in my factor directory. So, Chris, if your offer still stands, I would really appreciate seeing the examples and / or Factor environment you alluded to in your previous message. It would probably have been easier when it was still fresh in your mind over a month ago. Sorry. A related question: how much work would be involved in creating a genuine Factor package for NixOS? -John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
