On 16 Sep 2014, at 16:10, Sloane Simmons <sloane...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://files.pharo.org/vm/pharo/linux/old-libc/pharovm-ubuntu804.tar.gz > > I'll give this another look; I had tried this and I think this was > mostly working, but think I ran into some problems when using the > latest image/sources with the old VM. (May have just been that I set > things up properly, or was using an old image as well). I'll give it > another go for bootstrapping. I have scheduled to build a new vm for old glibc… some moment this week, I hope. (I also have scheduled configure a job to automate that… I would try both, he) Esteban > >> https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-ubuntu/tree/master/pharo-vm-core-i386 > > Was not aware of this; I'll also try this. > >> http://philippeback.be/2014/02/pharovm-now-running-on-debian-wheezy/ > > Upgrading glibc would really be a last resort (for me); I'd probably > just upgrade my distro to unstable if doing this, but I *know* things > will break. > >> 4/ use the nix package manager that already has a package for Pharo: > I've never tried Nix but I could give that package a shot as well. > > Thanks for all of the responses! I'm still just working by through > the Pharo by Example book, so for now I'm just focused on learning > Smalltalk, but I'll use one of the methods above, and try to put > together a package for Debian. Someone else may want to be the > maintainer(?), but I'll do my best in getting it submitted, assuming > that I can get it working on my machine first, of course ;). > > Regards, > Sloane > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 8:16 AM, p...@highoctane.be <p...@highoctane.be> > wrote: >> Like this >> >> http://philippeback.be/2014/02/pharovm-now-running-on-debian-wheezy/ >> >> --- >> Philippe Back >> Visible Performance Improvements >> Mob: +32(0) 478 650 140 | Fax: +32 (0) 70 408 027 >> Mail:p...@highoctane.be | Web: http://philippeback.eu >> Blog: http://philippeback.be | Twitter: @philippeback >> Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/philippeback/videos >> >> High Octane SPRL >> rue cour Boisacq 101 | 1301 Bierges | Belgium >> >> Pharo Consortium Member - http://consortium.pharo.org/ >> Featured on the Software Process and Measurement Cast - >> http://spamcast.libsyn.com >> Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and Ability Engineering EADocX Value >> Added Reseller >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Damien Cassou <damien.cas...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Sloane Simmons <sloane...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> For learning Smalltalk, running in a virtualbox VM absolutely works >>>> (for me), but I'd like to try and compile for Debian stable (or >>>> statically link glibc(?)) and then add to the official repositories so >>>> that it's easier to install. Bonus points would be making a 64-bit >>>> version... ;) >>> >>> You have a few solutions solutions: >>> >>> 1/ try this >>> http://files.pharo.org/vm/pharo/linux/old-libc/pharovm-ubuntu804.tar.gz >>> 2/ try the .deb file for Ubuntu that is closest to your distribution: >>> https://launchpad.net/~pharo/+archive/unstable/+packages >>> 3/ create a .deb file yourself using the deb generator scripts I >>> wrote: >>> https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-ubuntu/tree/master/pharo-vm-core-i386 >>> (as soon as it is compiled, it will work fine on 64 bits >>> architectures) >>> 4/ use the nix package manager that already has a package for Pharo: >>> http://nixos.org/nix/manual/. Nix can very easily be installed on any >>> Unix system including Debian and Mac OSX >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Damien Cassou >>> http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st >>> >>> "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without >>> losing enthusiasm." >>> Winston Churchill >>> >>> >> >
