Pharo 5 on FreeBSD - no luck

> Hi,
>
> On 15 Jun 2016, at 00:40, Petr Fischer <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hello, trying to install Pharo on my FreeBSD (11-CURRENT 64bit) with no luck
> :(
>
> Facts:
>
> 1) I can run Linux (even 64bit Linux ELF) binaries on FreeBSD
>
> interesting, I didn’t know.
>
> 2) but I can't use precompiled Linux 32binaries from Pharo.org, because
> there is no 32libs (32bit linux libs) support on 64bit FreeBSD

>
> mmm… but you still need 32bits binaries to run Pharo.
>
>
> 3) tried build from https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm - no luck,
> because newImage script downloads 5.0 image and Linux VM (!) for
> intermediate VMMaker build (I can't build Pharo without working Pharo)
>
>
> one possibility is to used the pre-generated sources:
> http://files.pharo.org/vm/src/spur/
>
>
> 4) tried latest prebuild 64 bit Cog Spur Linux VM from
> http://www.mirandabanda.org/cogblog/downloads/ (cogspur64linuxht) - no luck
> - I don't know what the "squeak" start SH script is doing and it's intended
> for Linux
>
>
> this will not work because:
>
> 1) you are downloading a 64bits vm, then you need a 64bits image:
> http://files.pharo.org/get-files/60/pharo-64.zip
> 2) since is 64bits who is work in progress it will still have some important
> problems (missing plugins, missing UFFI correct implementation, etc.)
> 3) I also don’t know what the “ht” part means…
>
>
> Is actual build documentation for latest 64 bit
> Cog-Spur-something-something-VM somewhere?
>
> Will be FFI (New-Native-something-something-FFI) working fine under FreeBSD
> (another unix), or will be some low-level core C porting needed?
>
>
> once UFFI it works in 64bits, there is no reason why it will not work on
> FreeBSD
>
>
> I can help with adapting build scrits also for FreeBSD - this OS is small,
> fast, robust and secure (there is ZFS, Jails for isolation, everything is
> simple etc etc) - perfect for running Pharo images on server side - I really
> like this combo (BSD+Smalltalk).
>
>
> is not a problem (for now) of scripts… the problem is that you are trying to
> build a 64bits environment and we are not yet there. Pharo is still 32bits…
>
> now, I’m working on this and it should be ready in a couple of months, but
> for now you are more or less restricted to two options:
>
> 1) install 32bits dependences
> 2) use the *very experimental* 64bits image along with Eliot 64bits spur,
> who should be this one:
> http://www.mirandabanda.org/files/Cog/VM/latest/cogspur64linux-16.21.3732.tgz
>
>
> Thanks, Petr Fischer
>
>
> cheers!
> Esteban
>