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Is there any chance of updating the installation instructions for Ubuntu 16.04? I found some old threads about this from 2016 - I know not many people use linux, but I think it would helpful for at least some of us if the instructions could be updated (because Mint 18 is based on Ubuntu 16.04 too I think this is probably the most widely used distro right now)
Thanks,
gromuk
The Ubuntu 14.10 instructions on lichproject.org worked for me, more or less, but... it wasn't trivial.
For whatever reason something failed on the 'sudo gem install sqlite3 gtk2 --no-ri --no-rdoc' step. I continued on anyway, and the command line eventually told me to run 'sudo gem install gtk2' which succeeded that time (?) and then Lich started running.
But since I have ruby 2.3, there were problems there:
>;go2 town
--- Lich: go2 active.
--- Lich: error: $SAFE=2 to 4 are obsolete
lich.rbw:2533:in `block (3 levels) in <class:Script>'
lich.rbw:2533:in `block (2 levels) in <class:Script>'
--- Lich: go2 has exited.
That can be fixed by monkey patching your lich.rbw, but I'd not recommend that unless you know what you're doing. Seems Tillmen will need to do something to support ruby2.3 or higher eventually (set $SAFE to 1 instead of 3 iff ruby version is 2.3 or higher?). There's probably a way (PPA probably) to get specifically ruby 2.0 in ubuntu 16.04 but I wouldn't know how (beyond googling...).
tl;dr it can work in ubuntu 16.04 but it's not trivial because ruby 2.3 needs some love
"sudo gem install gtk2" doesn't work for me on the second attempt:Quote:
Originally Posted by Overlordz
james@james-XPS-13-9350:~$ sudo gem install gtk2
[sudo] password for james:
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing gtk2:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
current directory: /var/lib/gems/2.3.0/gems/atk-3.1.9/dependency-check
/usr/bin/ruby2.3 -rubygems /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/rake-10.5.0/bin/rake RUBYARCHDIR=/var/lib/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0/atk-3.1.9 RUBYLIBDIR=/var/lib/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0/atk-3.1.9
/usr/bin/ruby2.3: No such file or directory -- /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/rake-10.5.0/bin/rake (LoadError)
rake failed, exit code 1
Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/2.3.0/gems/atk-3.1.9 for inspection.
Results logged to /var/lib/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0/atk-3.1.9/gem_make.out
james@james-XPS-13-9350:~$
I'm thinking of downgrading my operating system from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 14.x, so I can play Gemstone on this Linux laptop.
Is there a better solution? Thanks! -LizardClan1
My laptop is newer than Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS, so I can't find the necessary kernel.
Oh, well...
I got Ubuntu 14.04 LTS working on my laptop! yay!! but now I'm having a different problem:
james@james-XPS-13-9350:~$ sudo gem2.0 install sqlite3 gtk2 --no-ri --no-rdoc
[sudo] password for james:
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed sqlite3-1.3.13
ERROR: Error installing gtk2:
glib2 requires Ruby version >= 2.1.0.
1 gem installed
james@james-XPS-13-9350:~$
Am I not going to be able to play Gemstone on my laptop? Thanks!
Looks like you may need to install a different version of Ruby. I can say that you can use almost any flavor of Linux you want, including the newer 16.+, as I've personally tested them on my chromebook. I have found gorails.com/setup/ubuntu/14.04 to be helpful in installing the right version(s) of Ruby for gemstone. If you search in this forum, I have a post detailing several different ways I've gotten it to work. Sounds to me like you're almost there, though! Best of luck!
-Damon
This is frustrating!:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jemiquist
james@james-XPS-13-9350:~$ sudo gem2.0 install sqlite3 gtk2 --no-ri --no-rdoc
[sudo] password for james:
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed sqlite3-1.3.13
ERROR: Error installing gtk2:
glib2 requires Ruby version >= 2.1.0.
1 gem installed
james@james-XPS-13-9350:~$ ruby -v
ruby 2.1.10p492 (2016-04-01 revision 54464) [i686-linux]
james@james-XPS-13-9350:~$