Morning all, James, you're awesome...this works! I just tried it on my MacBook and smooth sailing...Thank you!
Tony ******************************************* Tony Bandy [email protected] OHIONET 1500 West Lane Ave. Columbus, OH 43221-3975 1-800-686-8975 x19 ******************************************** On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:02 AM, James Fournie < [email protected]> wrote: > I've gone ahead and put up a 2.1.1 and 2.2 alpha 1 Mac client on the Sitka > website here: > > > http://sitka.bclibraries.ca/support/staff-client-executables/community-mac-clients/ > > Unfortunately I don't have a 2.1 or 2.2 server to test those versions on > at the moment but they should work as long as you have symlinks for > rel_2_1_1 or rel_2_2_alpha1 respectively. > > For example, if you want to use the 2.1.1 with a 2.1.0 sever, just add a > symlink in /openils/var/web/xul something like > > cd /openils/var/web/xul > ln -sf rel_2_1_0 rel_2_1_1 > > Generally in my experience as long as the first two version numbers (or > first 3 in pre-2.0 releases) match between client and server, it should > work. > > ~James Fournie > BC Libraries Cooperative > > On 2012-02-08, at 11:55 AM, Tony Bandy wrote: > > Hi all, > > Me again...thank you for your assistance, I will give these a whirl and > see what I can come up with. Evidently our version of Evergreen is too new > (2.1.0) to be able to use any of the existing clients, but then again it > could be operator error (me) :) :) > > Appreciate it... > > Tony > > ******************************************* > Tony Bandy > [email protected] > OHIONET > 1500 West Lane Ave. > Columbus, OH 43221-3975 > 1-800-686-8975 x19 > ******************************************** > > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Tara Robertson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> There's a few staff people in our library who use the Mac client that >> Sitka provides on production. It works just fine. (Thanks James Fournie!) >> >> Cheers, >> Tara >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Grace Dunbar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> ** >>> On 2/8/12 2:11 PM, Tony Bandy wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I've been lurking on the list for a while, but wanted to introduce >>> myself and ask a question. We're a library service organization here in >>> Ohio and very recently have started an Evergreen consortium. We're working >>> with Equinox to migrate the libraries over and so far its been pretty neat. >>> My question concerns the Mac client build and install. Please pardon any >>> duplications, but I'm trying to put together a staff client for 2.1.0. >>> >>> Hi Tony, >>> As I'm sure you already know, Sitka often builds staff clients for Mac >>> and puts them here: >>> http://sitka.bclibraries.ca/support/staff-client-executables/ >>> >>> Or, you can build your own... here are the steps I've been using, >>> although I'm sure someone out there has a better way. >>> >>> 1. Fetch & install latest *compatible* Xulrunner >>> >>> 2. Fetch the build directory for the version on EG you want (this is >>> magic part that I usually need help with) >>> >>> 3. Unpack the build directory somewhere, e.g. Desktop. >>> >>> 4. Open Terminal app and navigate to the directory where the "build" >>> directory is sitting (step included below), and these follow these steps >>> and substitute the release number for X.X (e.g. 2.1). >>> >>> $ cd ~/Desktop/ >>> $ APPNAME=EvergreenX.X >>> $ sudo rm -rf "/Applications/$APPNAME.app"; >>> $ /Library/Frameworks/XUL.framework/xulrunner-bin --install-app build >>> /Applications "$APPNAME.app"; >>> >>> Hopefully, you now have an application in your Applications folder >>> called "EvergreenX.X". You can run it directly from there with the usual >>> double-click. >>> >>> Hope that helps! >>> Grace >>> >>> -- >>> Grace Dunbar >>> Vice President >>> Equinox Software, [email protected] >>> 1-877-OPEN-ILS x5579www.esilibrary.com >>> >>> >> > >
