John Clements asked about a Debian version the other day. Robby Findler pointed him to: http://plt.eecs.northwestern.edu/snapshots/
I suggest downloading the Debian Wheezy version which I guess would have the glibc version you need. -- Manfred On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:03:26 -0300 Junia Magellan <[email protected]> wrote: > I am a professor of Computer Science in a technological institute. My > research is comparing productivity of computer languages using > Measurement Theory. I think you already know that from my previous > posts. The point is that Racket 6.0 installer is very unfriendly. > Well, it is almost like the installer of Racket 6.0. The only > difference is that Racket 6.0 does not work. > > I asked about 8 students to install Racket 6.0. Nobody succeeded. > 100% of failures. I tried the installation myself, and failed. I will > give an example. I am using Cloud computing, and cannot modify the > machine. For instance, I cannot install a new operating system to > satisfy the requirements of Racket 6.0. Given these constraints, the > situation is the following: > > cat /proc/cpuinfo > > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 21 > model : 2 > model name : AMD Opteron 63xx class CPU > stepping : 0 > microcode : 0x1000065 > cpu MHz : 2299.909 > cache size : 512 KB > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 13 > wp : yes > bogomips : 4599.81 > TLB size : 1024 4K pages > clflush size : 64 > cache_alignment : 64 > address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > > This particular machine has 16 cores, and the kernel is: > > uname -mrs > Linux 3.2.52 x86_64 > > When I try to run Racket 5.36, everything works perfectly well. Here > is an example: > > # mv racket racket60 > # mv racket-old/ racket > # racket/bin/racket -il xrepl > Welcome to Racket v5.3.6. > -> (* 3 4 5) > 60 > -> (exit) > > Now, let us see what happens with Racket 6.0: > > # mv racket racket-old > # mv racket60 racket > # mv racket60 racket > # racket/bin/racket > racket/bin/racket: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found > (required by racket/bin/racket) > # > > I would like you to understand that most people are not PhD in > Computer Science. 90% of people want to run out of the box > applications. Even programmers don't have in depth knowledge about > the workings of computers and operating systems. I don't know why > Racket 6.0 needs libc.so.6, or GLIBC_2.14. I just want to run > statistics programs written in Racket from an Internet page. > > I will give you another example about Racket 6.0. There are a lot of > people that use a text editor called Vim+mzscheme. This text editor > has a lot of applications about Rasch measurement, that are used by > people in the business of education. I mean, people who work in > things like SAT, GRE, USMLE, and equivalent activities in countries > around the world. These programs test students, and the processed > scores are often used by admission offices to accept applicants. I > happen to work with this kind of programs. > > Installing Vim+mzscheme is a nuisance, since people must compile > Racket from sources, and Vim from sources. In Windows, few people > succeed in performing the task. The same is true in the case of OS-X. > I am talking about Racket 5.36, for I don't know a single person who > installed vim+mzscheme with Racket 6.0. > > What I need is a version of Racket that work right out of the box, at > least for OS-X, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Linux. I also need a fast > editor, like Vim. > > Well members of this list, here is what I am going to do. I will > download Bigloo, learn how to use it, hire a programmer to write > array operations in Bigloo, translate a lot of programs from Racket > and Common Lisp to Bigloo, and start from zero, as in Edith Piaf's > song. > > > > > > * Junia Magalhães Rocha* > > Doutoranda em Inteligência Artificial - Engenharia Elétrica - UFU > Mestre em Inteligência Artificial - Ciência da Computação - UFU > > Docente do IFTM - Campus Avançado Patrocínio > > Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3659680417351721 > ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
