How to load Magma into Pharo 1.2?

[Marco A. Gonzalez]

Chris,
Thanks, that did it.

I used the Http repository method choosing 1.2alpha1 following the instructions from http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2657
Looking forward to the new release.

- Marco A.


On Feb 8, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Chris Muller wrote:

> Hi Marco, I have not tested Magma in Pharo 1.2, but if you simply
> proceed past the FlapTab warning, it will be installed correctly.
> That warning is simply saying that the special serialization code for
> storing FlapTabs in Magma won't be loaded.
> 
> But since Pharo doesn't have FlapTabs, you don't need that code.
> 
> Also please stay-tuned for a new release of Magma sometime this month
> (Feb, 2011) which I _hope_ to have loadable in both Squeak and Pharo.
> 
> - Chris
> 
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Marco A. Gonzalez <marcoinc at mac.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> What is the currently recommended way to load Magma into Pharo 1.2?
>> 
>> (Still learning in an attempt to move from Java and relational databases to Smalltalk)
>> 
>> What I tried from a fresh install of Pharo 1.2RC2 from
>> * instructions in the "Installing external projects" window displayed by evaluating "DEVImageWorkspaces openExternalProjectWorkspace" from the "Welcome to Pharo" window leads to a dependency problem with FlapTab. (I saw some posts relating to this that indicate that Miguel Coba knows about this)
>> 
>> * instructions from Miguel Coba at http://www.mail-archive.com/pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr/msg31841.html (September posting) lead to the following error:
>>        The method SmalltalkImage osVersion has been deprecated. Use OSPlatform
>> 
>> * instructions from Miguel Coba but replacing MetaRepoForPharo11 with MetaRepoForPharo12 leads to the following error:
>>        The method SmalltalkImage osVersion has been deprecated. Use OSPlatform
>> 
>> * instructions "Installing Magma" found on http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2657 (I used 1.1r1, 1.2alpha1 following the "you should see "r42Final" or a later version") lead to the following error:
>>        This package depends on the following classes:  FlapTab
>> 
>> - Marco A.
>> 
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