Hello, trying to install Pharo on my FreeBSD (11-CURRENT 64bit) with no luck :(
Facts:
1) I can run Linux (even 64bit Linux ELF) binaries on FreeBSD
interesting, I didn���t know.
2) but I can't use precompiled Linux 32binaries from
Pharo.org, because there is no 32libs (32bit linux libs) support on 64bit FreeBSD
mmm��� but you still need 32bits binaries to run Pharo.
3) tried build from
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm - no luck, because newImage script downloads 5.0 image and Linux VM (!) for intermediate VMMaker build (I can't build Pharo without working Pharo)
this will not work because:
2) since is 64bits who is work in progress it will still have some important problems (missing plugins, missing UFFI correct implementation, etc.)
3) I also don���t know what the ���ht��� part means���
Is actual build documentation for latest 64 bit Cog-Spur-something-something-VM somewhere?
Will be FFI (New-Native-something-something-FFI) working fine under FreeBSD (another unix), or will be some low-level core C porting needed?
once UFFI it works in 64bits, there is no reason why it will not work on FreeBSD
I can help with adapting build scrits also for FreeBSD - this OS is small, fast, robust and secure (there is ZFS, Jails for isolation, everything is simple etc etc) - perfect for running Pharo images on server side - I really like this combo (BSD+Smalltalk).
is not a problem (for now) of scripts��� the problem is that you are trying to build a 64bits environment and we are not yet there. Pharo is still 32bits���
now, I���m working on this and it should be ready in a couple of months, but for now you are more or less restricted to two options:
1) install 32bits dependences