Thanks a lot for this effort!!!!!
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Alistair Grant <akgrant0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I've made a snap package for Pharo 6 which I think is far enough along > for some wider testing. > > To get Pharo up and running on Ubuntu 16.04: > > # Install Pharo > $ sudo snap install --edge pharo --classic > # If your system isn't configured for threaded heartbeat: > $ sudo pharo.config > # Download the latest Pharo 6 image > $ pharo.getimage > # Go... > $ pharo.ui Pharo.image > # or: > $ pharo Pharo.image eval 4+3 > > To get a list of available commands: > > $ snap info pharo > > > If you're on Debian or Ubuntu 14.04 you'll need to install snapd, see > https://snapcraft.io/docs/core/install > > > The VM is the threaded heartbeat, dated 201704101933. > > The installation flags are: > > --edge - The edge channel is for development versions. It > progresses to beta, candidate and then stable. > --classic - Snap packages are normally sandboxed for security > reasons. Since Pharo is a development environment > in which we want to be able to run any executable, > or load any library, it is installed with access to > the entire system (as the running user). > > Why use snap packages? > > - They include all dependencies. In particular, for the 32 bit > versions, this means that it isn't necessary to install all the 32 bit > architecture and associated dependencies. > - Including dependencies means that there shouldn't be any problems with > incompatible library versions when upgrading. > > Why not use snap packages? > > - It's a relatively new technology, with a number of rough edges. > - There may still be issues with its sandboxing that I haven't > discovered yet. > - Please let me know of any others to be listed here. > - Because the package uses classic confinement, it isn't > cross-distribution in practice (unfortunately). > > If you don't trust me to configure your system correctly (which requires > sudo): > > - All the scripts that make up the sub-commands are visible, e.g. > pharo.config can be viewed at /snap/pharo/current/usr/bin/CONFIG > > > The packaging code is at: https://github.com/akgrant43/pharo-snap > > I'm interested to know if people would like to see this eventually > become a supported package format. > > Cheers, > Alistair > >
