thanks B. :) Have fun and success. STef On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Am 11.06.2011 22:43, schrieb Alan Rodas: >> I dont know exactly if this may be the reason, but, are you running a 64bit >> version of Fedora right? >> >> I had some trouble in the past with pharo and Ubuntu 64bits. I needed the 32 >> bit libraries to run it. >> >> If that is your case try installing the 32 bit libraries. >> Just in case you are not quite familiar with installing libraries in Fedora, >> here is a guide >> >> http://beginlinux.com/blog/2009/09/installing-32-bit-support-into-64-bit-fedora-11/ >> >> Hope it helps >> >> Cheers >> -- >> Alan Rodas Bonjour >> > Tnx a lot for help! > > Indeed I am running Fedora 15 64bit. But I also run Pharo on debian 5 64bit > (no Problems). But your guess (or deeper knowledge), that there is (or might > be) a problem with the missing 32bit libraries in Fedora 15 64bit is > obviously right and helped me to make Phao running on my Fedora 15 64bit > version a least. To run 32 bit software versions, the libraries it depends on > must be installed. (I did not know, that Phedora is only just a 32bit system.) > > The method described in the link does not work for Fedora 15. There are > "endless" messages of the kind > - package not available. Fedora/RedHat has switched the prefered package > manager from rpm to yum. Could that be the crux of the fail? I really do not > know! (Certailly I checked on my system that rpm was installed properly!) > > Here a description of my procedure (very close to your link!) to overcome > that problem, that hopefully might be helpful or other Fedora 15 (or other > 64bit Linux-) users to get the 32bit libs with yum. The procedure is quite > close to that given in the link you sent. To be able to get the 32bit libs, > open (or in my case - create) the file /etc/rpm/macros as root and add the > following line at the end of the file: > > %_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch} > > Open as root and add the line. Save the file and exit the editor. You may use > any simple text editor (I used vi) and do not forget to do sudo first: > > sudo vi /etc/rpm/macros > > After that first step, you are able to install the 32-bit libraries that are > required by Pharo (or other 32bit apps). The following command installs them > all: > > sudo yum install qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 libXv.i686 libXss.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 > > After that, Pharo should start properly! Or say, at least it started on my > Fedora 15 64 bit. > > If there is something explained not clearly enough, I am willing to to state > more precisely on request. My CS-horizon is very restricted - i am happy if > things work without any problems. > > Tnx, and I wish Pharo good progress towards the 64bit version! > > Regards > > BB > > PS: > I thank the Pharo developers for their outstanding work! > >
