Re: [vwnc] Problems with installUnix and VisualRC shell scripts

Thanks David. I'll have a look at it and see if it works on openSUSE.

On Saturday 31 October 2009 14:51:53 you wrote:
> Hi Jerome,
> 
> this morning I put together a Smallltalk installation project that will
> get you a Debian installer for an Smalltalk project.
> Using this script, you should be able to convert any set of directories
> (including the vw7.xnc dirs) into an installation
> for Linux.
> 
> regards,
> 
> David
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerome Brathwaite <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Problems with installUnix and VisualRC shell scripts
> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:20:36 +0100
> 
> 
> Hello, I'm new here, so I could be posting this in the wrong place. If so,
>  my sincere apologies.
> I am trying to install/run Visualworks build oct09.6.1 on a linux system
> openSUSE 11.1 with kDE4.3.2.
> 
> If I go into the directory where "installUnix" resides and do a Ctrl+E
> (execute script in current directory), the script execute as it should.
> If I do "./installUnix" while in the same directory (the normal way of
>  doing things), the script just hangs with an empty pop up window.
> 
> The same thing happens when I try to run the start up script "VisualNC" of
>  an installed vw7.7nc.
> 
> I would appreciate some help with this problem.
> 
> Regards,
> Jerome
> 