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Downloading Squeak
Last updated at 10:21 pm UTC on 18 June 2007
The official page for information about downloading Squeak is available on the main Squeak website under the "downloads" category.

Downloading versions of the upcoming 3.10 release

Go to http://ftp.squeak.org/3.10/ to download.
Description: The 3.10 release

Downloading the current release 3.9.


Go to http://squeak.org/Releases/Squeak3.9/
Here are the major changes that have been done in 3.9:


Squeak is released underSqueak-L. It is a very free license, though it does require you to share any modifications you make to the VM or the base classes. The license allows you to be your ownOfficialSupport.

Downloading the Squeak release 3.8

You find the Squeak release 3.8 underhttp://ftp.squeak.org/3.8/.

Typically, the current stable release on squeak.org is aFull release. A more lightweightBasic release is also available if you need it.

Prebuilt 3.8 images with Seasideincluded are available athttp://seaside.st./Download/Images/.

ThePackage Universes distributions include a number of packages pre-tested for the release and ready to install. They are a good basis for software development if you do not need bleeding-edge development versions of Squeak.


Errata

The list of known bugs and outstanding issues with the current stable/b release can be found atSqueak Errata.

What You Need

At a bare minimum, you need the following files to run Squeak:

  1. A portableimagefile, containing a snapshot of Squeak
  2. A platform specificVirtual Machineto interpret the image

In order to browse source code in the image, you will need two more files:

  1. The.sources filecommon to all versions, and
  2. The.changes filefor the specific image you choose.

Download sites vary in how they package these files; often, you will have to download platform-independent and platform-dependent files separately.

Notes:


The general FTP repository

You can find all platform-independent files, as well as most of the platform-specific files, and also archival versions of Squeak at theSqueak FTP Site at ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/Smalltalk/Squeak/ (or from Squeak FTP Mirrors). However, the platform (VM) sourcecode directories exist on thehttp://squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/Subversion site for you to download.

Platform-Specific Information


See also: