Re: [Swarm-Support] Esiest way to install SWARM?

[Paul Johnson]

On 05/04/2010 08:54 AM, Cristiano Fontana wrote:
> You convinced me about installing swarm on a virtual machine with Centos
> 5.4, so I did just that (since I was unable to get it to work on my Snow
> Leopard).
> Now I am a bit confused about how to use Swarm installed with the RPM
> that you kindly provided.
> Where can I find the example applications? Also do I have to prepare a
> script to initialize the shell environment?

get swarmapps-objc package.  There's a tutorial in there. No need to fiddle 
shell environment. use Emacs as the editor.

pj

> Thanks,
> Cristiano
>
>
> Il giorno 19/apr/2010, alle ore 21.36, Paul Johnson ha scritto:
>
> > On 04/19/2010 06:35 AM, Camacho-Trujillo David wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> >
> >
> > > I will be more than happy if you can recommend me either:
> > >
> > > The simplest way to install SWARM on Linux Ubuntu 9.10
> > > or
> > > How to fix the problem on Windows.
> >
> > How about you install Centos 5.4 in a virtual machine and run Swarm in
> there? I've got RPMS for that.
> > http://pj.freefaculty.org/Centos/5/x86_64/RPMS/kurocks-x86_64/
> >
> > Just Kidding :)
> >
> >
> > I have been meaning to see about building packages for newer Ubuntu
> and Fedora. Honestly, I don't see how anybody could
> > like Debian packaging. I always complain about it.   Right now, I've
> just tried to build a deb package on a 64 bit
> > ubuntu system for swarm -2.3.0 and have run into some troubles.  I
> succeed at building it for 32 bit, though, on Ubuntu
> > 8.10.
> >
> > http://pj.freefaculty.org/Ubuntu/8.10/i386/
> >
> > I'm not completely sure if you can or can't run the 32 bit version on
> your 64 bit system.  In Fedora, back when I used
> > to have that, there was a multilib setup that would work.  You can
> test and see for yourself.
> > I am going to see if I can learn how to use svn and get the current
> Swarm.  I believe the 64 bit problems have been
> > worked out, and I also gather from MGD's post yesterday that he had
> made some progress on the newish tcl/tk/blt.
> > I just need to decipher the "branches" and whatnot.  I was just
> starting to understand CVS after 10 years and then SVN
> > happened.
> >
> > If I get some packages, I'll make an announcmenent here.
> >
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