On 31.03.2010, at 17:25, Amos Blanton wrote: > Thanks Bert - that's good to know! > Does the compatibility layer get installed by default? From the forum posts > by users who've had good luck forcing installs on 64 bit systems, it seems > like it probably is.
Don't know for Ubuntu specifically, and depends on distro anyway. - Bert - > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Bert Freudenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > On 31.03.2010, at 16:13, Amos Blanton wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> Several users have reported success forcing the installation of the 32 bit >> package on 64 bit systems. There's some information about that here: >> >> http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=337826#p337826 >> >> Scratch runs on a Squeak virtual machine. It should be possible to install >> the 64 bit Squeak VM and change the Scratch startup script so as to use it >> instead of the 32 bit vm we include with the package. That thread has more >> info about this as well. >> >> Let us know how it goes - we haven't heard of LTSP based configurations with >> Scratch. >> >> Scratch On! >> Amos >> Scratch Team > > The 64 bit VM is still not complete, many plugins are missing or simply do > not work correctly. At this point, using the 32 bit VM is the only real > option, and it works fine under 64 bits when you install your distro's 32 bit > compatibility layer. > > - Bert - > > > > >
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