Ok I see too early this morning.

> It's true, for using Alien VMMaker it's not necesary.  
> 
> I think because he wants to build an Alien Plugin for Linux.
> 
> Fernando
> 
> pd: By the way, Tudor and I are working on a ConfigurationOfAlien. 
> 
> 
> On Jan 11, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
> 
>> this is strange I thought that just loading
>>      AlienLoader load (it was pre gofer)
>>      from the Alien source
>> was loading it without having to load VMMaker
>> 
>> why do we need VMMaker for using Alien?
>> 
>> Stef 
>> 
>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 7:42 AM, John M McIntosh wrote:
>> 
>>> My understanding is VMMaker should work with Pharo
>>> Look in the archives for Gofer and VMMaker
>>> 
>>> Once you've built a VMMaker image you need to load the Alien plugin logic. 
>>> This might be loaded by previous gofer scripts, otherwise:
>>> 
>>> "add Alien Support Packages"
>>> gofer squeaksource: 'Alien';
>>>      addPackage:'Alien-VMMaker-Support'.
>>> 
>>> IF all else fails follow the manual process via: 
>>> http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/Mac%20OS/vm/Documentation/readme.txt?rev=1984&view=auto
>>> I note Balloon 3D might be optional. 
>>> 
>>>     Install Balloon 3D via the SqueakMap package Loader,
>>>     Install FFI  & Klatt via MC
>>>     
>>>     MCHttpRepository
>>>         location: '
>>> http://www.squeaksource.com/Ladrillos
>>> '
>>>        user: ''
>>>        password: ''
>>>     
>>>     install FFI via  FFI-Kernel-ar.7
>>>     and install KLATT via Speech-Klatt-edc.1
>>> 
>>>     Install VMMaker-dtl.120 or higher from
>>>     MCHttpRepository
>>>             location: '
>>> http://www.squeaksource.com/VMMaker
>>> '
>>>             user: ''
>>>             password: ''
>>> 
>>>     Install Alien-VMMaker-Support-John M McIntosh.6 or higher from
>>> 
>>>     MCHttpRepository
>>>             location: '
>>> http://www.squeaksource.com/Alien
>>> '
>>>              user: ''
>>>              password: ''
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2010-01-10, at 7:31 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Do any of you know of an alien plugin for linux?  Is VMMaker alive and 
>>>> well on Pharo?  
>>>> 
>>>> I am getting close to (perhaps) being able to move some number crunching 
>>>> onto Pharo, but it will depend on external libraries and callbacks.  My 
>>>> reading suggests that the existing FFI is unable to handle callbacks, and 
>>>> that plugins are required.  Alien looks a lot closer to what I have 
>>>> working on Dolphin.
>>>> 
>>>> Unless Alien is pre-built, it appears that I am stuck with setting up 
>>>> VMMaker??  That might not be all bad, because I am suspicious I might want 
>>>> to use a plugin for OpenSSL, but that is (so far) a little further away.  
>>>> I would be happy to bypass that learning curve for a while longer :)
>>>> 
>>>> Bill
>>>> 
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