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#1 2013-03-03 23:57:22
- bananaking4ever
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It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
Hello
I have installed the MintPPC distribution on an ibook g3 model a1005. It is possible to install Scratch? I have already installed squeak-vm.
Thanks you very much for your help 
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#2 2013-03-04 04:38:56
- technoguyx
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
See here.
From what I'm reading, MintPPC is a distro that is basically Debian at core, with Mint's GUI elements; thus, the Debian/Ubuntu (.deb) package should work fine for you.
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#3 2013-03-04 10:04:05
- veggieman001
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
technoguyx wrote:
See here.
From what I'm reading, MintPPC is a distro that is basically Debian at core, with Mint's GUI elements; thus, the Debian/Ubuntu (.deb) package should work fine for you.
Isn't that just for x86, though? I know it didn't work on my x86-64 machine, so it probably doesn't on PPC.
You could try downloading the files-only zip of the Windows version from the download page, extracting it, and then opening the .image file with the Squeak VM. I believe this will make some things not work, but I don't recall what those are (although they're probably things like sound and microphone which require DLLs on Windows).
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#4 2013-03-04 16:29:00
- technoguyx
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
Worked fine for me running 64-bit Ubuntu, except for a window resizing bug, which from what I've read, happens in pretty much any GNU/Linux platform.
Most, if not all x86 programs should work fine in x86_64; it's the same instruction set except for some few new ones that are used only by applications compiled for 64-bit.
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#5 2013-03-04 16:55:37
- ChadtheBuilder
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
technoguyx wrote:
Worked fine for me running 64-bit Ubuntu, except for a window resizing bug, which from what I've read, happens in pretty much any GNU/Linux platform.
The window resize bug is a bit of a pain, but that is the only thing I have found in Ubuntu that does not work.
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#6 2013-03-04 19:00:34
- technoguyx
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
...which is why I ran 1.4 in Wine back then, instead; I feel a little claustrophobic when I'm not working full screen 
Scratch 1.4 runs much better in Wine than in the native Linux Squeak VM, I dare say.
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#7 2013-03-04 19:36:03
- jji7skyline
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
technoguyx wrote:
...which is why I ran 1.4 in Wine back then, instead; I feel a little claustrophobic when I'm not working full screen
Does wine compile for ppc I wonder...
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#8 2013-03-04 19:54:19
- veggieman001
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
jji7skyline wrote:
technoguyx wrote:
...which is why I ran 1.4 in Wine back then, instead; I feel a little claustrophobic when I'm not working full screen
Does wine compile for ppc I wonder...
Wine will run on PowerPC, so it should work.
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#9 2013-03-04 20:04:58
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
technoguyx wrote:
...which is why I ran 1.4 in Wine back then, instead; I feel a little claustrophobic when I'm not working full screen
Does wine compile for ppc I wonder...
Wine will run on PowerPC, so it should work.
So...
Step 1. Install Wine for PowerPC
Step 2. Install Scratch 1.4 Windows version via Wine
Step 3. Enjoy!
Or you could just switch back to OSX.
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#10 2013-03-04 20:28:32
- veggieman001
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
jji7skyline wrote:
Or you could just switch back to OSX.
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#11 2013-03-05 18:46:43
- jji7skyline
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Or you could just switch back to OSX.
It's the best supported and widely spread PowerPC OS!
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#12 2013-03-05 19:05:20
- veggieman001
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Or you could just switch back to OSX.
It's the best supported and widely spread PowerPC OS!
Even though it's unsupported by Apple in its latest release for PPC (Leopard) and Ubuntu actually is supported?
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#13 2013-03-05 19:07:02
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Re: It is posible to install Scratch on a Linux ppc version?
veggieman001 wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
It's the best supported and widely spread PowerPC OS!
Even though it's unsupported by Apple in its latest release for PPC (Leopard) and Ubuntu actually is supported?
Just saying that there are more PPC OSX users than PPC Ubuntu users.
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