Build issue and startup...

> Hi all!
>
> Intrigued by VisualGST being in git now I tried to clone and build
> according to ithe instructions.
>
> First of all, there is a file missing, I ended up just taking this one:
>
> http://github.com/MrGwen/gst-objectspace/blob/3253dca0e04ebe6226654c3789567ec39700616e/libgst/genbc-impl.h
>
> ...and then I got through that error. Then I got an error in building
> the docs... ehm, but running make once more just says it is all fine :),
> sorry, can't give specifics without rerunning it all.
>
> Ok, so after doing install I get this:
>
> gokr@yoda:~/gst/smalltalk$ gst-browser
> Object: PackageLoader class error: Invalid argument BloxTK: package not
> found
> SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal (AnsiExcept.st:216)
> SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable(Exception)>>signal: (AnsiExcept.st:226)
> SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class(SystemExceptions.NotFound
> class)>>signalOn:what: (AnsiExcept.st:938)
> SystemExceptions.PackageNotAvailable class>>signal: (PkgLoader.st:57)
>
> ...hrm! Platform is Xubuntu, 9.10 (Karmic).
>
> regards, Göran
>
>
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> Hi,
>
> thanks for your interest for VisualGST, you should use the
> official git for GNU Smalltalk :
>
> git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/smalltalk.git
> after you can do :
>
> autoreconf -vi
> ./configure
> make
> sudo make install
> gst-browser

> Gwenael Casaccio wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > thanks for your interest for VisualGST, you should use the
> > official git for GNU Smalltalk :
> >
> > git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/smalltalk.git
> > after you can do :
> >
> > autoreconf -vi
> > ./configure
> > make
> > sudo make install
> > gst-browser
>
> Which is exactly what I did. :)
>
> > if during the build stage you have a bug can you report it to the
> > mailing list.
>
> I did :). Sorry for the confusion. Someone had commented on your blog
> pointing out this missing file and he/she mentioned it could be found on
> github at that location.

> On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:21:28 +0200
> Paolo Bonzini <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 21:31, Stefan Schmiedl <[hidden email]> wrote:  
> > > Do I have to do anything special to run the shiny new visualGST tools?
> > >
> > > I skimmed over the mailing list and docs and tried gst-browser which produced
> > > exactly no result.
> > >
> > > I ran it again under strace and noticed that it was reference tcl/tk stuff
> > > instead of GTK as I'd had hoped for.  
> >
> > I think you have a stale gst-browser installed.  What file does it open when
> > you strace it?  It should open Load.st.  
>
> stale, eh?
>
> I found two stale Browser files, indeed.
>
> /usr/local/share/smalltalk/scripts/Browser.st
> and /usr/local/share/smalltalk/Browser.star
>
> both dating back to August 25.
>
> I removed both and now the GUI comes up fine.