this is strange I thought that just loading AlienLoader load (it was pre gofer) from the Alien source was loading it without having to load VMMaker why do we need VMMaker for using Alien? Stef On Jan 11, 2010, at 7:42 AM, John M McIntosh wrote:
My understanding is VMMaker should work with Pharo Look in the archives for Gofer and VMMaker
Once you've built a VMMaker image you need to load the Alien plugin logic. This might be loaded by previous gofer scripts, otherwise:
"add Alien Support Packages" gofer squeaksource: 'Alien'; addPackage:'Alien-VMMaker-Support'.
IF all else fails follow the manual process via: http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/platforms/Mac%20OS/vm/Document... I note Balloon 3D might be optional.
Install Balloon 3D via the SqueakMap package Loader, Install FFI & Klatt via MC
MCHttpRepository location: ' http://www.squeaksource.com/Ladrillos ' user: '' password: ''
install FFI via FFI-Kernel-ar.7 and install KLATT via Speech-Klatt-edc.1
Install VMMaker-dtl.120 or higher from MCHttpRepository location: ' http://www.squeaksource.com/VMMaker ' user: '' password: ''
Install Alien-VMMaker-Support-John M McIntosh.6 or higher from
MCHttpRepository location: ' http://www.squeaksource.com/Alien ' user: '' password: ''
On 2010-01-10, at 7:31 PM, Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
Do any of you know of an alien plugin for linux? Is VMMaker alive and well on Pharo?
I am getting close to (perhaps) being able to move some number crunching onto Pharo, but it will depend on external libraries and callbacks. My reading suggests that the existing FFI is unable to handle callbacks, and that plugins are required. Alien looks a lot closer to what I have working on Dolphin.
Unless Alien is pre-built, it appears that I am stuck with setting up VMMaker?? That might not be all bad, because I am suspicious I might want to use a plugin for OpenSSL, but that is (so far) a little further away. I would be happy to bypass that learning curve for a while longer :)
Bill
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