I will try to test your build script over the next days, when I have a
better internet connection than now.

Alex


2013/1/23 David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>

> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 02:27:08PM +0000, H. Hirzel wrote:
> > Will,
> >
> > Thank you for asking. I realize that you use a Linux/Unix installation.
> >
> > Problems like the ones you encounter prompted me to use the Squeak
> > All-In-One packages when working in Linux the last years.
> >
> > On MSWindows the whole setup is comparatively straightforward.
> >
> > You need to get the correct image/source file pair, a VM and the sources
> file.
> > As for 4.4. they are now all in the same directory
> >
> > http://ftp.squeak.org/4.4/
> >
> > Will, as you write about 4.2 I assume you have not tried out the
> > installation with 4.4. yet.
> >
> >
> > I realize that David Lewis posts good instructions from time to time
> > how to compile a VM on Linux from the source. Maybe it is time to do
> > this again, David?
>
> The instructions are on squeakvm.org, see
> http://squeakvm.org/unix/devel.html.
> They are getting a bit out of date, but still usable I think. Yes, I should
> update them.
>
> Being a lazy person, I have been trying to update the instructions in the
> form of an executable Smalltalk script so that I don't need to keep
> refreshing
> the web pages quite so often. If anyone with a Linux computer wants to give
> this a try, I'd appreciate some feedback. You need Linux with Subversion
> and CMake installed, plus the usual C compilers that come with your
> distribution.
>
> Download this script file:
>
>   http://squeakci.org/job/InterpreterVM/ws/VMUnixBuild.st
>
> And then use VMUnixBuild.st as a start script:
>
>   $ squeak myImage VMUnixBuild.st
>
> You should be able to sit back and watch as your image loads all of the
> necessary VMMaker and plugin packages, downloads the latest Subversion
> platform
> sources, generates the VM sources, and does a configure and build.
>
> Please let me know if this works (or not).
>
> Dave
>
>
> >
> > In any case the search keywords are
> >    How to build a standard Unix interpreter VM on Linux using a Squeak
> > trunk image
> >
> > Regards
> > Hannes
>
>
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