Building Pharo and Plugins for Mac OS X and Linux

> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:19 PM, David Li <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I am new to Pharo
>
> Hi and welcome!
>  
> and wonder if there is a step by step instruction on building Pharo for Mac OS X and Linux.
>
> The only thing I am aware of is http://code.google.com/p/pharo/wiki/BuildingAVMOnPharo

>
> Cheers
>
> Mariano
>  
> or via plugins. I have been seeing the mention of VMaker but can't find a good document about it.
>
>  Thanks a lot for the help.
>
> David Li
>
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> Hi,
>
>  I am new to Pharo and wonder if there is a step by step instruction on building Pharo for Mac OS X and Linux. I am working on a project that requires extension either through itself or via plugins. I have been seeing the mention of VMaker but can't find a good document about it.
>
>  Thanks a lot for the help.
>
> David Li
>
>
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> On Jan 5, 2010, at 3:24 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:19 PM, David Li <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  I am new to Pharo
>>
>> Hi and welcome!
>>
>> and wonder if there is a step by step instruction on building Pharo for Mac OS X and Linux.
>>
>> The only thing I am aware of is http://code.google.com/p/pharo/wiki/BuildingAVMOnPharo
>
> Thanks. I have come across that document as well. I kind of got stuck on figuring how how I can install VMMaker.
>

> Hi,
>
>  I am new to Pharo and wonder if there is a step by step instruction on building Pharo for Mac OS X and Linux. I am working on a project that requires extension either through itself or via plugins. I have been seeing the mention of VMaker but can't find a good document about it.
>
>  Thanks a lot for the help.
>
> David Li
>
>
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> David
> check the squeak documentation on how to invoke external library with FFI.
> In pharo you have also alien (not tested on non intel - works on mac).
>
> You do not have to recompile the vm to invoke external library. You define methods with specific pragmas
> annotations and the plugin code can be invoked.
>
> One if these days we should write a better doc
>
> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2426
> http://www.is.titech.ac.jp/~ohshima/squeak/DShowVideo/index.html
> http://www.visoracle.com/squeak/faq/ffi-windows.html
> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/356
>
> VMMaker is published  on SqueakSource.
> May be people with more experience will comment.

> On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 09:04:26PM +0100, St?phane Ducasse wrote:
>> David
>> check the squeak documentation on how to invoke external library with FFI.
>> In pharo you have also alien (not tested on non intel - works on mac).
>>
>> You do not have to recompile the vm to invoke external library. You define methods with specific pragmas
>> annotations and the plugin code can be invoked.
>>
>> One if these days we should write a better doc
>>
>> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2426
>> http://www.is.titech.ac.jp/~ohshima/squeak/DShowVideo/index.html
>> http://www.visoracle.com/squeak/faq/ffi-windows.html
>> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/356
>>
>> VMMaker is published  on SqueakSource.
>> May be people with more experience will comment.
>
> Tim Rowledge's explanation of VMMaker is here:
> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2105
>
> You will also find detailed instructions for VM builders along
> with the platform source code, which is maintained in a Subversion
> source code repository at squeakvm.org:
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/
>
> For example, documentation on building for Unix (Linux) will
> be found here:
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/unix/doc/HowToBuildFromSource.pdf
>
> And for Windows:
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/win32/docs/?rev=2147
> which points to:
>  http://squeakvm.org/win32/
>
> And for Mac OS:
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/Mac%20OS/vm/Documentation/
> as well as other documents that John mentioned in his reply.
>
> In other words, after you download the platform source code from the
> Subversion repository, you will find detailed documentation in the
> subdirectory for each of the major platforms.
>
> There is also a mailing list for the VM:
>  http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/vm-dev
>
> Dave
>
>
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> It's nice to see there's more info about VM's than I thought, it would be even nicer to have it all gathered in just one place and up to date so it's easier to find it. Recently I started compiling my own unix VMs and as I was very confused at first, I decided to write a small guide for beginers to share my experiences (and to remember the steps after some time). It has some still-unanswered questions, but is thought for beginners, so it might help you. The link is this:
>
> http://wwew.javipimas.com.ar/node/2
>
> hope it helps.
>
> regards,
>             Javier.
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:21 AM, David T. Lewis <[hidden email]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 09:04:26PM +0100, St?phane Ducasse wrote:
> > David
> > check the squeak documentation on how to invoke external library with FFI.
> > In pharo you have also alien (not tested on non intel - works on mac).
> >
> > You do not have to recompile the vm to invoke external library. You define methods with specific pragmas
> > annotations and the plugin code can be invoked.
> >
> > One if these days we should write a better doc
> >
> > http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2426
> > http://www.is.titech.ac.jp/~ohshima/squeak/DShowVideo/index.html
> > http://www.visoracle.com/squeak/faq/ffi-windows.html
> > http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/356
> >
> > VMMaker is published  on SqueakSource.
> > May be people with more experience will comment.
>
> Tim Rowledge's explanation of VMMaker is here:
>  http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2105
>
> You will also find detailed instructions for VM builders along
> with the platform source code, which is maintained in a Subversion
> source code repository at squeakvm.org:
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/
>
> For example, documentation on building for Unix (Linux) will
> be found here:
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/unix/doc/HowToBuildFromSource.pdf
>
> And for Windows:
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/win32/docs/?rev=2147
> which points to:
>  http://squeakvm.org/win32/
>
> And for Mac OS:
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/Mac%20OS/vm/Documentation/
> as well as other documents that John mentioned in his reply.
>
> In other words, after you download the platform source code from the
> Subversion repository, you will find detailed documentation in the
> subdirectory for each of the major platforms.
>
> There is also a mailing list for the VM:
>  http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/vm-dev
>
> Dave
>
>
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> It's nice to see there's more info about VM's than I thought, it would be
> even nicer to have it all gathered in just one place and up to date so it's
> easier to find it. Recently I started compiling my own unix VMs and as I was
> very confused at first, I decided to write a small guide for beginers to
> share my experiences (and to remember the steps after some time). It has
> some still-unanswered questions, but is thought for beginners, so it might
> help you. The link is this:
>
> http://wwew.javipimas.com.ar/node/2 <http://www.javipimas.com.ar/node/2>
>
> hope it helps.