I successfully used the "Ubuntu ppa" instructions at
http://pharo.org/download
to install Pharo Launcher on 64-bit Linux Mint 17,
but doing the same on 32-bit Linux Mint 17 gives an error...
$ sudo apt-get install pharo-launcher
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
pharo-launcher : Depends: pharo-vm-desktop:i386 but it is not
installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
This is both without and with the second line "sudo dpkg
--add-architecture i386" since I wasn't sure if it made sense to do this
when already
$ dpkg --print-architecture # reports... i386
The following worked without error
$ sudo apt-get install pharo-vm-desktop
I had a look at the package info with...
$ sudo apt-get download pharo-launcher
$ cp /var/cache/apt/pharo-launcher*deb /tmp
$ cd /tmp
$ dpkg -I pharo-launcher*deb
which displayed...
Architecture: any
Depends: pharo-vm-desktop:386
and it seemed to me the hardcoding of :386 might be the trouble, and
wondered if the following would work better for both 32-bit and 64-bit OS?
Architecture: i386
Depends: pharo-vm-desktop
I repackaged the deb per instructions at
http://ailoo.net/2009/06/repack-a-deb-archive-with-dpkg-deb
as...
Package: pharo-launcher-test
With a local repository set up per
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Personal
the following worked.
$ sudo apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install pharo-launcher-test
$ pharo
However I no longer have the 64-bit LinuxMint install to test if this
change is compatible. Can someone do this?
cheers, Ben
