Using Squeak on Unix
There may be a better way to do this, but so far we don't know it.
First, you must decide if you are going to run the program on
an Alpha or a Sun Sparc.
Creating the squeak directory
Connect to your home directory and execute the following command,
if using a Sparc workstation.
- gzip -d < /usr/local/csci/431/squeak-sparc.tar.gz | tar -xfv -
This will create a subdirectory called squeak
with four files:
- Squeak2.4c.changes
- Squeak2.4c.image
- SqueakV2.sources
- squeak
If you are doing this on an Alpha, replace the sparc
with alpha.
Running squeak the first time
Connect to your squeak directory.
Now start up squeak with the single
argument Squeak2.4c.image.
- squeak Squeak2.4c.image &
Bring your mouse into the background (pale green area) of
the squeak and press the left mouse button.
You should see a pulldowm menu.
Choose the selection save as ...
When you see the dialog window with the title
New File Name?, replace the
default (Squeak2.4c.image) with squeak.
Once again, press the left mouse button, but this
time choose quit.
You have now created two files:
- squeak.changes
- squeak.image
which will record your work with squeak.
Cleaning up after the first squeak
Now delete the Squeak2.4c.changes
and Squeak2.4c.image
files.
From now
In the future, if you want to use squeak,
just connect to your squeak directory and
start the program.