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Stephan Eggermont-3

Apr 26, 2015; 2:57pm

How do I update PharoLauncher?

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self naiveUserMode: #on.

If I press refresh in PharoLauncher, it doesn't tell
me there is a new version available, and asks me to
download, install and restart the launcher.

If I download by hand and reinstall, will it keep
all my images and settings? Is that different on
Ubuntu with apt update/grade?

How can I switch/upgrade the vm used for an image?

Stephan

Nicolai Hess

Apr 26, 2015; 4:20pm

Re: How do I update PharoLauncher?

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Image or VM?

2015-04-26 17:11 GMT+02:00 Stephan Eggermont <[hidden email]>:

self naiveUserMode: #on.

If I press refresh in PharoLauncher, it doesn't tell
me there is a new version available, and asks me to
download, install and restart the launcher.

If I download by hand and reinstall, will it keep
all my images and settings?

Yes, at least on windows the pharo preference and image repository wont be deleted.

Is that different on
Ubuntu with apt update/grade?

I don't think this is different, the apt-package does not know about the download and preferences

directory that is used and wont touch it.

(but there may be different preference directories for different vm version (Pharo/3.0 Pharo/4.0)

How can I switch/upgrade the vm used for an image?

AFAIK there is only one VM used, the one that runs the pharo launcher image.

Stephan

self naiveUserMode: #off.

self powerUserMode: #on.

download a new pharo launcher image from CI and replace the one

in the pharo launcher vm directory.

(This is what I do)

cheers

nicolai

Stephan Eggermont-3

Apr 26, 2015; 4:40pm

Re: How do I update PharoLauncher?

2807 posts

On 26/04/15 18:35, Nicolai Hess wrote:
> Image or VM?

Uhm, yes, thank you. As a naive user,
I probably don't know, so probably both...

> Yes, at least on windows the pharo preference and image repository wont
> be deleted.

Good.

> How can I switch/upgrade the vm used for an image?
>
> AFAIK there is only one VM used, the one that runs the pharo launcher image.

With Spur we are likely to have a period where it makes sense to be able
to choose a vm.

> self naiveUserMode: #off.
> self powerUserMode: #on.
>
> download a new pharo launcher image from CI and replace the one
> in the pharo launcher vm directory.

Thanks, I'll do that for the moment.

Stephan

Ben Coman

Apr 26, 2015; 6:24pm

Re: How do I update PharoLauncher?

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On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:54 AM, Stephan Eggermont <[hidden email]> wrote:

On 26/04/15 18:35, Nicolai Hess wrote:

Image or VM?

Uhm, yes, thank you. As a naive user,
I probably don't know, so probably both...

Yes, at least on windows the pharo preference and image repository wont
be deleted.

Good.

How can I switch/upgrade the vm used for an image?

AFAIK there is only one VM used, the one that runs the pharo launcher image.

With Spur we are likely to have a period where it makes sense to be able
to choose a vm.

... [show rest of quote]

In Settings (bottom right) you can set the VM to use for images. Note this is a global setting. Some nice enhancements would be:

* To have a drop down menu where you can select between last N previous VMs used.

* To be able to set VM it per image.

cheers -ben

self naiveUserMode: #off.
self powerUserMode: #on.

download a new pharo launcher image from CI and replace the one
in the pharo launcher vm directory.

Thanks, I'll do that for the moment.

Stephan