One gotcha that got me. If you're using 64-bit Ubuntu, you have to install the 32-bit compatibility packages for the binary to work.
$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs will solve that little problem. On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Todd O'Bryan <toddobr...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Jaunty version does work. > > I've created a script that downloads and installs the Ubuntu version > in the /opt directory, in a folder called /opt/plt-version# with a > symbolic link at /opt/plt. It also installs a desktop file so that > DrRacket appears in the Applications menu, and adds a MIME type so > that .rkt files have an icon and double-clicking them opens DrRacket. > The icon is the SVG version of the plt-red-shiny icon in the icon > directiory. If you're using Picturing Programs, the script can also > download Stephen's teachpack and place it so that it looks like a > built-in teachpack so that each student doesn't have to download it > separately. > > To use the script, download it. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10388887/install_plt.py > > Assuming you saved it on your desktop, do the following > > $ cd ~/Desktop > $ chmod +x install_plt.py > > If you wish to install the Picturing Programs teachpack, open the file > and remove the # from the install_picturing_programs() line near the > bottom. > > To install, decide if you want to install the latest stable version or > a nightly build and find the URL of the file you'd download. For > latest stable: > > $ sudo ./install_plt.py > http://download.racket-lang.org/installers/5.0.1/racket/racket-5.0.1-bin-i386-linux-ubuntu-jaunty.sh > > For latest nightly build: > > $ sudo ./install_plt.py > http://pre.racket-lang.org/installers/plt-5.0.1.5-bin-i386-linux-ubuntu-jaunty.sh > > After the script finishes, > > $ gksudo gedit /etc/environment > > and add /opt/plt/bin to the PATH variable defined there. Separate it > from the other paths with a colon. > > When you log out and log back in, you should be able to type drracket > or any other plt command in a terminal and have it work. Even before > that, DrRacket should appear in your Applications->Programming menu. > > The script shouldn't seriously break anything, but I have not > extensively tested it, so it may not work on all machines. Let me know > if you get problems and I'll try to fix them. > > Todd > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Jon Rafkind <rafk...@cs.utah.edu> wrote: >> On 09/04/2010 06:25 PM, John Wagner wrote: >>> >>> Re: when, good people, will you provide a racket download for ubuntu >>> users that are on the recent version lucid (10.04)? It's impossible to >>> teach without it. Or should we stay with scheme? >> >> Does the Jaunty download not work? >> http://download.racket-lang.org/racket-5-0-1-bin-i386-linux-ubuntu-jaunty-sh.html >> >> There is a note on the download page explicitly stating that a package made >> for one version of a distribution might work on another version of the same >> distribution. >> _________________________________________________ >> For list-related administrative tasks: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users >> > _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
