[ANN] Launching Pharo on Ubuntu

For Ubuntu users who are using my PPA
(https://launchpad.net/~pharo/+archive/stable/), you can now launch
Pharo from either the Ubuntu Dashboard or the terminal (just type
'pharo').

In both cases, you will see the Pharo Launcher from which you can
create new images from templates on the web and launch existing
images. http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/PharoLauncher

No need for manual download of zip files, unpacking, and directory
management. The launcher does everything for you.

Have fun

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good work!

On 2013-09-23, at 09:13, Damien Cassou <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi Damien,

thanks for that, I went to try and had to do a few things, just tell me
if I got everything right:

I should install the pharo-launcher package.

If I already have the pharo-vm package, I should remove it since it
conflicts with pharo-vm-core, a dependency of pharo-launcher.

Then, starting pharo from the command line requires changing pharo to
pharo-vm-x (can I change pharo -headless by pharo-vm-nox in my Makefiles?).

Thierry

Le 23/09/2013 14:13, Damien Cassou a écrit :
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On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Goubier Thierry <[hidden email]> wrote:
> thanks for that, I went to try and had to do a few things, just tell me if I
> got everything right:
>
> I should install the pharo-launcher package.

yes, you are right. I've just edited pharo.org
(http://www.pharo.org/pharo-download/ubuntu).

> If I already have the pharo-vm package, I should remove it since it
> conflicts with pharo-vm-core, a dependency of pharo-launcher.

the pharo-vm binary package does not exist anymore. It has been replaced by:

pharo-vm-core : all the necessary stuffs to execute the VM headless
pharo-vm-desktop : all the necessary stuffs to execute the VM with a GUI
pharo-launcher : the pharo launcher
(http://www.smalltalkhub.com/#!/~Pharo/PharoLauncher)

> Then, starting pharo from the command line requires changing pharo to
> pharo-vm-x (can I change pharo -headless by pharo-vm-nox in my Makefiles?).


for makefiles and other scripts, use pharo-vm-nox which is equivalent
to launching the vm with the -vm-display-null (headless).

for launching a graphical vm with a particular image from a terminal,
use pharo-vm-x.

for standard usage, use "pharo"


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