On Aug 16, 2013, at 3:40 AM, Davide Liessi <davide.lie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2013/8/16 Christian Andersson <christian.ld.anders...@gmail.com>: >> This issue with running Frescobaldi on MacOS X must be one of the most >> long-running among threads of this list. Why can't some of you Mac users >> please take your responsibility for the community, and see to that a working >> distribution gets created, from which everybody (with Macs) can benefit, >> with all the tweaks and dependencies, and then donate this for download from >> the official Frescobaldi-site. I'd love to be able to recommend a number of >> friends of mine, sadly (for them) with Apple boxes, to take a look at >> Frescobaldi, but given the state of affairs here this is simply not possible >> at the moment. Of course it is easier to do this in, e.g., a Linux platform, >> but I just can't imagine that it would be that impossible for Macs as is >> suggested by all these howtos, neither of which seems to work for everybody. > > Yesterday I submitted to MacPorts new Portfiles for frescobaldi and > python-poppler-qt4. > There's a couple of small changes that are needed, but I hope they > will be approved soon. > After they are in MacPorts' repository, frescobaldi should be easier to > install. > It will essentially be a matter of two/three MacPorts commands (plus > maybe install Qsynth as a fluidsynth GUI and a soundfont for MIDI > support): no more manually compiling the software. > (I know, Mac users are more used to single packages you can download > and copy in /Application/ folder. MacPorts is not that simple, but I > would still say it is easy to use.) > > I will announce on this list when the Portfiles will be approved and > available... Very nice, David, and a huge thank you. While MacPorts takes a few steps to use, it borders on trivial when the portfiles are correct. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
