Category: Ubuntu

Ubuntu: getting back /usr/include/linux

I managed to screw up my /usr/include/linux directory on my Ubuntu system. I knew something was very wrong, because I was trying to compile C code and it was not finding definitions for basic things like EINVAL (which is a...

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qemu_0.8.2-1_i386.deb

In case, this is useful to somebody, I built QEMU 0.8.2 on my Ubuntu Dapper system and made a package: qemu\_0.8.2-1\_i386.deb

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GNU Smalltalk 2.2 package for Debian and Ubuntu

I linked to this in another post, but I realized that a lot of people might not notice it at the bottom of a long post, so I thought I'd break it out into a separate post. gnu-smalltalk-2.2-1_i386.deb This 2.2 version that I...

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Cincom support: impressive

OK, now I am really impressed with Cincom. First, my friend Chris Smith has trouble installing on Gentoo and somebody from Cincom sees it on his blog and responds immediately. The issue turns out not be with Cincom but with...

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GNU Smalltalk

GNU Smalltalk is strange, once you've gotten accustomed to Squeak or VisualWorks. (more…)...

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The trick to installing Cincom Smalltalk on Ubuntu

I'd easily gotten Cincom Smalltalk (also known as VisualWorks) working on my PowerBook, but it would not install on my Ubuntu (Dapper Drake) Linux box. It took a while but I eventually found the solution. (more…)...

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GnuCash 2.0.1 on Ubuntu

I noted that GnuCash had released major new versions since I last tried it (1.8 I think) so I decided to give it a spin on my Ubuntu Linux system. I tried apt-get install and there was on Ubuntu package so I downloaded the source...