Search for "alien", I think that will convert a deb pkg to rpm. Otherwise try uncompressing a deb and installing manually. A third option is to compile from source.

On 11/29/08, hh2@lexdb.net hh2@lexdb.net wrote:

Hello

I would like to install Squeak on Fedora, in particular on an Aspire One netbook, which uses Linpus which is based on Fedora. http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linpus

The process does not seem to be as straightforward as in Ubuntu: There you can at install version 3.9 version with the 'Add/Remove software' menu which is the last entry in the main menu.

DOCUMENTATION TRAIL LEEDS TO A DEAD END

http://www.squeak.org/Documentation/Installation refers to the wiki, http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3616 but this page is only about debian.

That page though has on top a link to a more general page called 'Download for Unix' http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/298

Which in fact then leads to http://squeakvm.org/unix/ http://squeakvm.org/unix/download.html

PROBLEM: NO RPM FILE AVAILABLE

There is no RPM file for a VM for Squeak 3.10 or Squeak 3.9. found through the links in the previous paragraph.

I am pretty sure that somebody as worked on this and that there is a Fedora RPM package available with everything in it for Squeak 3.9 and Squeak 3.10. Or at least a VM. However the links have not been updated, if you start exploring from www.squeak.org.

I am willing to update the wiki with the upcoming answers.

So thank you for your answers in advance.

Hannes Hirzel

P.S. DETAILS ABOUT SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ON THE ASPIRE ONE NETBOOK

The Aspire One as such does not have an 'add software' menu entry as it comes right out of the box.

But it can easily be activated as follows:

Under 'Myfiles' from the front launchpad you get access to the xfce file manager called 'Thunar'. In the file menu there it is possible to get a terminal and then to use xfce-setting-show A dialog box pops up.

Then choose the 'desktop' icon, the 'behaviour' tab and click on the 'show desktop menu on right click' checkbox.

Then from the desktop menu you get access to the 'System' menu which includes 'add/remove software' to start the RPM package manager.

However I feel comfortable as well to install from the command line as long as I do have to type only a few lines and can rely on good instructions what these lines are.

The particular Aspire One model I use to write this mail comes with 1GB of memory and a 120GB hard disk at an attractive price. It might be used as a server in an small intranet. In fact s simpler netbook would still do the job for running Squeak comfortably....

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