Ubuntu Linux

> Hi
>
> > I'm trying to install Squeak on a *fresh* installation of Ubuntu
> > Linux 7.04
> > (Feisty Fawn) using...
> > Squeak-3.9-8.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
> > ...from Squeak.org. But it complains...
> > "No binaries/libraries found for i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1."
> > I am completely baffled by how this can fail, unless no one on this
> > planet
> > has ever installed Squeak on Feisty Fawn. Can somebody give me a clue?
>
> Squeak runs on Ubuntu 7.04 without problems here.
> You download a tar.gz, so you want to install from source?
> Try a pre-compiled Synaptic package instead. (Could be difficult on a
> 64bit Linux)
>
> If you want to build from source, dont forget to install all the
> development tools before.
> Go to synaptic and install the "build-essential" package.
>
> Hope that helps
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> I’m having no luck at all. I’m trying to build from sources but the  
> system
> keeps complaining that gcc can’t create executables. I tried doing  
> it as
> root but it made no difference.
>
> This is ridiculous. Everything is fighting against me. I don't want  
> to have
> to debug my C development environment. I just want to run Squeak!
>
> Why is it that everyone else has no problem running Squeak 3.9  
> under Feisty
> Fawn??? This is driving me crazy.
>
> What binaries/libraries are the Squeak VM installation looking for?
>
> Richard
>
> ----------
> Hi
>
>> No, not install from source. As I said, I tried to install
>> Squeak-3.9-8.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
>> ...which is the binary download from Squeak.org. And I’m using 32-
>> bit Linux
>> (Ubuntu).
>
> Ok. I see.
>
>> The Synaptic package is out of date--the latest version it has is
>> 3.8. I
>> need 3.9 (because I have development images of Seaside based on 3.9).
>
> I guess, this vm works with never images, too
>
>> This is really goofy. What can possibly be wrong with my fresh
>> Feisty Fawn
>> installation???
>
> Just do an installation from source. Download the source of the vm
> and follow the instructions in the package to install.
> It works without problems here.
>
> Good luck
> Enno
>
>
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> Finally, a reasonable answer! This works.
>
> No one thought to document this somewhere obvious? Like in a README or on
> the Ubuntu forum?
>
> Thanks, Bert.
>
> Regards,
> Richard
>
>
> ---------------------------
> Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>
> After unpacking the tarball, just rename i686-pc-linux-gnu to i686-pc-
> linux-gnulibc1 before installing. Apparently Ubuntu uses a non-
> canonical system designation, which confuses the installer.
>
> - Bert -
>
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> Do I take from this that the Synapse Package Installer Squeak options  
> don't work?
>
> (I'm just about to do a Squeak install on Ubuntu.)
>
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:31:49 -0700, Richard Eng <[hidden email]>  
> wrote:
>
> > Finally, a reasonable answer! This works.
> >
> > No one thought to document this somewhere obvious? Like in a README or on
> > the Ubuntu forum?
> >
> > Thanks, Bert.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Richard
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------
> > Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> >
> > After unpacking the tarball, just rename i686-pc-linux-gnu to i686-pc-
> > linux-gnulibc1 before installing. Apparently Ubuntu uses a non-
> > canonical system designation, which confuses the installer.
> >
> > - Bert -
> >
> >
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