[Newbies] How to start Squeak from a Linux terminal?

[Chris Cunnington]

On 12-09-13 6:56 AM, Herbert König wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I managed to download squeak all in one to a Linux computer running
> Ubuntu 12.04 (new to Linux). I made the necessary files executable,
> made Squeak run headless.
>
> It works if I double click squeak.sh in the GUI.
>
> If I open a terminal, CD into the Squeak folder and type "squeak.sh" I
> get a "command not found".
>
> Never felt so newbie in decades :-))
>
> Thanks,
>
> Herbert
>
> _______________________________________________
> Beginners mailing list
> Beginners at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners

This rings a bell. If you're on a 64-bit it may through that as the 
squeakvm file can't run. I had some mismatches in VirtualBox, where I 
had to get a different appliance to run the 32-bit vm. I don't recall 
the details exactly, but I remember that being a problem.

OK, here's the relevant part in the squeak.sh script:

if [ "$CPU" = x86_64 ] ; then
         CPU=i686
         echo Running 32-bit Squeak on a 64-bit System. Hope the 32-bit 
runtime libraries are installed ...
fi


It is possible for a 32-bit/64-bit mismatch. I'd look to that first, as 
I had this problem, but otherwise I find ./squeak.sh to be pretty 
reliable for starting.

Chris