Thanks dave. We should really find a way to get a better Unix vm support but right now I'm puzzled.
On Aug 6, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Dave Woodward wrote: > I tried using the pre-compiled VM from the Pharo website to no avail. > I'm not exactly sure what the problem is, but when running the > pre-compiled Pharo VM, OR the pre-compiled Squeak 3.10-6 VM, they just > quit with a "File not found" error. My only hunch regarding this is > that they were compiled on 32bit Linuxes, and I'm using a 64bit Linux. > > I'm using a bare-bones install of Ubuntu server, 8.04LTS 64bit. I'm > using Slicehost.com for a virtual server to run a Seaside application > (they use all 64bit *NIXs), and I'm switching from vanilla Squeak 3.9 > to Pharo. > > So, since the Squeak 3.10-6 VM didn't work either I decided to compile > my own VM. This does not work out of the box on a vanilla Ubuntu > Server 8.04 install, so here are the steps I took to successfully > compile the VM from the 3.10-6 src files: > > (cd /Squeak-3.10-6/platforms/unix) > > Configure: > ./config/configure --without-x --without-gl --without-quartz -- > without-npsqueak > > NOTE: The configure command adds 2 entries to disable the RomePlugin. > It looks like it first tests Freetype (not installed so adds an entry > to disable RomePlugin), and then tests Cairo (not installed, so adds > *another* entry to disable RomePlugin). I believe the autoconf files > need to be fixed for this, but I leave it up to the squeak-dev folks > to figure that out as I have no knowledge of autoconf. > > Make: > make squeak (this will error) > > To fix the damage from the note above, I had to remove the duplicate > entry for RomePlugin_exports on line 22 of disabledPlugins.c. > > Make: > make squeak (should be successful) > make squeak install > > move /usr/local/lib/squeak/3.10-6/UUIDPlugin to UUIDPlugin.bak as it > has the wrong ELF header, and I've heard has other problems too. > > And now /usr/local/bin/squeak should work! (note, without X you'll > need to add "-vm display=none" for the VM to start). > > I hope this helps people! Thanks for everybody's hard work on Pharo! > > Dave Woodward > ................................................... > www.futuremint.com > 317.332.6438 | [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
