The new download pages include a 64-bit Debian Squeeze installer for v6.0. At Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:10:50 +0100, Manfred Lotz wrote: > 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
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