[racket] Racket 6.0 does not work

The new download pages include a 64-bit Debian Squeeze installer for v6.0.

At Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:10:50 +0100, Manfred Lotz wrote:
> John Clements asked about a Debian version the other day. Robby Findler
> pointed him to: http://plt.eecs.northwestern.edu/snapshots/
> 
> I suggest downloading the Debian Wheezy version which I guess would
> have the glibc version you need.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Manfred
> 
> 
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:03:26 -0300
> Junia Magellan <junnia at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am a professor of Computer Science in a technological institute. My
> > research is comparing productivity of computer languages using
> > Measurement Theory. I think you already know that from my previous
> > posts. The point is that Racket 6.0 installer is very unfriendly.
> > Well, it is almost like the installer of Racket 6.0. The only
> > difference is that Racket 6.0 does not work.
> > 
> > I asked about 8 students to install Racket 6.0. Nobody succeeded.
> > 100% of failures. I tried the installation myself, and failed. I will
> > give an example.  I am using Cloud computing, and cannot modify the
> > machine. For instance, I cannot install a new operating system to
> > satisfy the requirements of Racket 6.0. Given these constraints, the
> > situation is the following:
> > 
> > cat /proc/cpuinfo
> > 
> > vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD
> > cpu family    : 21
> > model        : 2
> > model name    : AMD Opteron 63xx class CPU
> > stepping    : 0
> > microcode    : 0x1000065
> > cpu MHz        : 2299.909
> > cache size    : 512 KB
> > fpu        : yes
> > fpu_exception    : yes
> > cpuid level    : 13
> > wp        : yes
> > bogomips    : 4599.81
> > TLB size    : 1024 4K pages
> > clflush size    : 64
> > cache_alignment    : 64
> > address sizes    : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> > 
> > This particular machine has 16 cores, and the kernel is:
> > 
> > uname -mrs
> > Linux 3.2.52 x86_64
> > 
> > When I try to run Racket 5.36, everything works perfectly well. Here
> > is an example:
> > 
> > # mv racket racket60
> > # mv racket-old/ racket
> > # racket/bin/racket -il xrepl
> > Welcome to Racket v5.3.6.
> > -> (* 3 4 5)
> > 60
> > -> (exit)
> > 
> > Now, let us see what happens with Racket 6.0:
> > 
> > # mv racket racket-old
> > # mv racket60 racket
> > # mv racket60 racket
> > # racket/bin/racket
> > racket/bin/racket: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found
> > (required by racket/bin/racket)
> > #
> > 
> > I would like you to understand that most people are not PhD in
> > Computer Science. 90% of people want to run out of the box
> > applications. Even programmers don't have in depth knowledge about
> > the workings of computers and operating systems. I don't know why
> > Racket 6.0 needs libc.so.6, or GLIBC_2.14. I just want to run
> > statistics programs written in Racket from an Internet page.
> > 
> > I will give you another example about Racket 6.0. There are a lot of
> > people that use a text editor called Vim+mzscheme. This text editor
> > has a lot of applications about Rasch measurement, that are used by
> > people in the business of education. I mean, people who work in
> > things like SAT, GRE, USMLE, and equivalent activities in countries
> > around the world. These programs test students, and the processed
> > scores are often used by admission offices to accept applicants. I
> > happen to work with this kind of programs.
> > 
> > Installing Vim+mzscheme is a nuisance, since people must compile
> > Racket from sources, and Vim from sources. In Windows, few people
> > succeed in performing the task. The same is true in the case of OS-X.
> > I am talking about Racket 5.36, for I don't know a single person who
> > installed vim+mzscheme with Racket 6.0.
> > 
> > What I need is a version of Racket that work right out of the box, at
> > least for OS-X, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Linux. I also need a fast
> > editor, like Vim.
> > 
> > Well members of this list, here is what I am going to do. I will
> > download Bigloo, learn how to use it, hire a programmer to write
> > array operations in Bigloo, translate a lot of programs from Racket
> > and Common Lisp to Bigloo, and start from zero, as in Edith Piaf's
> > song.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > * Junia Magalhães Rocha*
> > 
> > Doutoranda em Inteligência Artificial - Engenharia Elétrica - UFU
> > Mestre em Inteligência Artificial - Ciência da Computação - UFU
> > 
> > Docente do IFTM - Campus Avançado Patrocínio
> > 
> > Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3659680417351721
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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