[Glass] GsDevKit Installation problems

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Joachim,

I assume that all of your problems are due to the fact that I have not published the Ubuntu System requirements as part of the documentation[1], which includes the installation of the required 32 bit libraries.

I am in the final throes of finishing a combined tODE/GsDevKitHome release[2]. The tODE work is basically complete [3] - I will probably skip the remaining issue to get things out the door...

I hope to finish the necessary scripting changes for GsDevKitHome today and then I will tackle the remaining documentation, so I am very close...

With regards to documentation comments:  I think that there is a famous quote somewhere to the effect of "I don't have the time to write short documentation":) Pull Requests with edits to documentation are always welcome.

I have a set of tODe short videos planned as a follow on to the release, but we will have to see if I have the luxury of time:)

Dale

[1] https://github.com/GsDevKit/gsDevKitHome/issues/22
[2] https://github.com/GsDevKit/gsDevKitHome/milestones/1.0.0
[3] https://github.com/dalehenrich/tode/milestones/0.0.3

Hi,

 

We're just trying to get GsDevKit installed on a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 64bits VM. Our fourth attempt is in progress, and so I£d like to take the time to comment on the installetion process:

The instructions we`re following are these: https://github.com/GsDevKit/gsDevKitHome#development-kit-server-installation

 

The following section is very unclear on what exactly you have to do:

 

2. Install GemStone/S and Pharo, build the tODE client image, create a stone, start the stone, start the netldi, start the stamonitors, install tODE in stone and launch the tODE client. The following creates a new stone named  tode  based on  version 3.2.1 of GemStone/S :

 

We were wondering if we needed to exectute each of the steps (many of the scripts in the gsDevKitHome path look as if they do exactly each of them. But we decided to just type in what follows: installServer devKit 3.2.1

 

This runs for a while and stops because it cannot start Pharo. The message says: pharo canot start because it cannot find some file. 

 

Since it was totally unclear to me if we should have done anything else than just installServer, I tried starting Pharo by hand - with the same result.

 

A while later I thought I have the solution, which seemed blindingly obvious and made me feel like an idiot: Pharo is a 32 bit executable, so we need the ia32-libs, OF COURSE!!! Stupid me!!!

The only excuse for now is that I can always say that somebody must have forgotten to write it into these instructions. 

 

IN the meantime, the fourth installation attempt has failed as well:

 

[Info] GemStone version information:
GemStone/S 64 Bit
3.2.1 Build: gss64_3_2_x_branch-33595
Thu Jun 5 14:37:10 2014
creating todeClient image

Fetched -> ConfigurationOfTodeClient-dkh.15 --- filetree:///home/peter/Dokumente/gsDevKitHome/repository --- filetree:///home/peter/Dokumente/gsDevKitHome/repository
Loaded -> ConfigurationOfTodeClient-dkh.15 --- filetree:///home/peter/Dokumente/gsDevKitHome/repository --- filetree:///home/peter/Dokumente/gsDevKitHome/repository
Loading 1.0.0 of ConfigurationOfTodeClient...
Fetched -> ConfigurationOfOSProcess-ThierryGoubier.37 --- http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/Pharo/MetaRepoForPharo30/main/ --- http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/Pharo/MetaRepoForPharo30/main/
Loaded -> ConfigurationOfOSProcess-ThierryGoubier.37 --- http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/Pharo/MetaRepoForPharo30/main/ --- http://smalltalkhub.com/mc/Pharo/MetaRepoForPharo30/main/ioLoadModule(/home/peter/Dokumente/gsDevKitHome/pharo/pharo-vm/libSqueakSSL.so):
libssl.so.1.0.0: Kann die Shared-Object-Datei nicht öffnen: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

...RETRY->BaselineOfTode
...RETRY->BaselineOfTode'Errors in script loaded from /home/peter/Dokumente/gsDevKitHome/pharo/todeLoad.st'
ZdcPluginMissing: SSL/TLS plugin initailization failed (VM plugin missing ? OS libraries missing ?)
ZdcPluginSSLSession>>initialize in Block: [ :exception | ...
BlockClosure>>cull:
MethodContext(ContextPart)>>handleSignal: in Block: [ self exceptionHandlerBlock cull: exception ]

 

At least, Pharo starts and writes a walkback, so we`re on the right track!

So I guess we`re still missing some libs for ssl on 32 bits. We need to take a look at the Pharo website to find out what else we have to install before we try a fifht time ;-)

My suggestion: Make the instructions a bit more clear, don`t mention 52 things some script is going to do anyways, or at least not in the dummies section.

Then, make sure you add a short description of what is needed for Pharo to run.

Other than that: we look forward to seeing tode in action.

 

Joachim

 

 

 

 

 

 

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