I've just heard of squeak from "FLOSS Weekly" (twit.tv) and it sounds fun, but I had a deuce of a time installing it. I'm installing from the Linux command line (I use Slackware).
I couldn't find any instructions, and the instructions in the INSTALL script are bilge, so I wrote my own instructions. If these are correct (someone verify, I'm a squeak newbie) and there isn't a better set out there, feel free to put these on the web page or wiki so others won't have to pull out their hair. Bad installs make a rotten first impression. Dale * INSTALLING SQUEAK FROM THE LINUX COMMAND LINE This describes how to install the "Linux" distribution of Squeak. Down load the "Linux" Virtual Machine and "Basic Image File" from http://www.squeak.org/Download/. In my case the files were Squeak-3.9-8.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz and Squeak3.9-final-7067.zip respectively. Make a temp directory and copy the tar.gz and zip file into it. > mkdir /tmp/squeak_tmp > cp Squeak-3.9-8.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz /tmp/squeak > cp Squeak3.9-final-7067.zip /tmp/squeak Change directory into it. > cd /tmp/squeak_tmp Unpack the virtual machine. This makes a directory called Squeak-3.9-8. squeak_tmp> gzip -cd Squeak-3.9-8.i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xvf - Unzip the platform independent files. This makes the directories Squeak3.9-final-7067 and __MACOSX (we ignore __MACOSX). squeak> unzip Squeak3.9-final-7067.zip Copy the files from Squeak3.9-final-7067 to their proper place in Squeak-3.9-8. squeak_tmp> cp Squeak3.9-final-7067/Squeak3.9-final-7067.image \ Squeak-3.9-8/i686-pc-linux-gnu/usr/local/lib/squeak/ squeak_tmp> cp Squeak3.9-final-7067/Squeak3.9-final-7067.changes \ Squeak-3.9-8/i686-pc-linux-gnu/usr/local/lib/squeak/ squeak_tmp> cp Squeak3.9-final-7067/SqueakV39.sources \ Squeak-3.9-8/i686-pc-linux-gnu/usr/local/lib/squeak/3.9-8/ Just to make setting up projects easier, make a couple of symbolic links. squeak_tmp> cd Squeak-3.9-8/i686-pc-linux-gnu/usr/local/lib/squeak squeak> ln -s Squeak3.9-final-7067.image squeak.image squeak> ln -s Squeak3.9-final-7067.changes squeak.changes Return to /tmp/squeak_tmp/Squeak-3.9-8 squeak> cd ../../../../.. As root, run the install script (but don't read it. It lies.) Note: "sudo" is a command that let's you run one command as root. Squeak-3.9-8> sudo ./INSTALL If all went well, your install is done. If you do a "man squeak", it mentions the program "inisqueak". Don't waste your time looking for it. It's not there. * HOW TO START A NEW PROJECT Make a directory to hold the project. Say project "foo" in your home directory. > mkdir ~/foo Change directory in to it. > cd ~/foo Copy the Squeak "image" and "changes" files into the project directory. foo> cp /usr/local/lib/squeak/squeak.image . foo> cp /usr/local/lib/squeak/squeak.changes . Run the squeak command: foo> squeak You should be good to go! _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners