[Vm-dev] building the vm on linux

[Robert]

Hi David,

Should I go with the Cog branch?

k, r

On 3/1/20 7:37 PM, David T. Lewis wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 01, 2020 at 11:40:27PM +0000, Robert wrote:
>> Hello, I am trying to re-establish my vm build on 64-bit linux. Is there
>> an up to date page with linux instructions for installing/building the
>> vm? squeakvm.org is down and some posts on squeak.org seem out of date
>> (referencing the old archiver source). I would be grateful for a good link!
>>
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> The VM project and sources for modern Squeak are hosted on GitHub at
> https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm. You can get started
> by reading that web page, which will give you an overview and explanation
> of how to get started.
>
> I don't know if you are familiar with git, but basically what you want to
> do is clone that repository to your own PC, and then look in the ./image
> folder. There you will find some scripts that will allow you to make an
> up-to-date VMMaker image on your own computer. You can use that image for
> generating VM and plugin sources.
>
> The repository that you clone to your PC will also contain a wide
> range of build scripts for compiling the VM. If you are on a 64-bit
> Linux system, the script that you will probably want to use is either
> opensmalltalk-vm/build.linux64x64/squeak.cog.spur/build/mvm or
> opensmalltalk-vm/build.linux64x64/squeak.cog.spur/build.debug/mvm
> (the latter building a VM with debugging enabled in the compiler).
>
> FYI, the squeakvm.org site is still active, and building the original
> portable VM works fine, and least on Linux. I use it myself on a regular
> basis, expecially for plugin development. But for building a modern VM,
> you need to use opensmalltalk-vm, so please take a look at the GitHub
> site and give it a try.
>
> HTH,
> Dave
>