Re: change port dependencies

2011-10-04 Thread Jeremy Lavergne
> FWIW I also have qt4-mac 4.7.3, installed from Macports around July this > year. So it was a > legitimate port once. Also, it should not much matter what "x" is in "4.7.x" > IME, unless you need > some particular bug fix or minor feature. It's just strange that 4.7.3 should be a recent insta

Re: change port dependencies

2011-10-04 Thread Ian Wadham
On 05/10/2011, at 6:19 AM, Frank Schima wrote: > > On Oct 4, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Yifei Li wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> When I tried to install py27-pyqt4, it attempts to fetch and install >> qt4-mac-4.7.1. >> >> However, I already have qt4-mac-4.7.3 installed. How do I tell py27-pyqt4 to >> use

Re: Recommend ML/Forum for mac command line

2011-10-04 Thread Tim Johnson
* John Korchok [111004 15:23]: > I have a book recommendation rather than a forum. "A Practical Guide to Unix > for Mac OS X Users" by Prentice Hall has been quite valuable to me. I seen that referred to in other venues, and so I have ordered it. Thanks, and thanks also to Brandon for the URL.

Re: Recommend ML/Forum for mac command line

2011-10-04 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 19:17, John Korchok wrote: > I have a book recommendation rather than a forum. "A Practical Guide to > Unix > for Mac OS X Users" by Prentice Hall has been quite valuable to me. > You can also check on http://freebsd.org for book recommendations, since the userspace of OS

RE: Recommend ML/Forum for mac command line

2011-10-04 Thread John Korchok
I have a book recommendation rather than a forum. "A Practical Guide to Unix for Mac OS X Users" by Prentice Hall has been quite valuable to me. John Korchok -Original Message- From: macports-users-boun...@lists.macosforge.org [mailto:macports-users-boun...@lists.macosforge.org] On Behal

Recommend ML/Forum for mac command line

2011-10-04 Thread Tim Johnson
I really appreciate the help that I got in resolving problems with Xcode. Watching macports in action is pretty impressive. Kudos to the developers and to the support I got here. I feel slightly less helpless when I've got mc running. I am hoping that some on this list might recommend a mailing

Re: Xcode installer says itunes must be closed

2011-10-04 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 15:15, Tim Johnson wrote: > In the meantime, should there be anything else to do with Xcode > before trying to install macports? That should be it. -- brandon s allbery allber...@gmail.com wandering unix systems administrator (avai

Re: change port dependencies

2011-10-04 Thread Frank Schima
On Oct 4, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Yifei Li wrote: > Hi all, > > When I tried to install py27-pyqt4, it attempts to fetch and install > qt4-mac-4.7.1. > > However, I already have qt4-mac-4.7.3 installed. How do I tell py27-pyqt4 to > use the existing qt instead of getting an older version?\ The cur

Re: Xcode installer says itunes must be closed

2011-10-04 Thread Tim Johnson
* Brandon Allbery [111004 11:05]: > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 14:46, Tim Johnson wrote: > > > "In order to continue installation, please close the > > following application:" > > > > And itunes is highlighted in the window. > > > > They still haven't fixed that? :) > Open a Terminal, type > >

problem with gedit and pidgin

2011-10-04 Thread Bruno DOUTRIAUX - Youmé-TECH
gedit Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-WDYhvv/:0". ** (gedit:69774): WARNING **: Could not load theme icon gtk-home: L'icône « gtk-home » n'est pas présente dans le thème (gedit:69774): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed ** (

Re: Xcode installer says itunes must be closed

2011-10-04 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 14:46, Tim Johnson wrote: > "In order to continue installation, please close the > following application:" > > And itunes is highlighted in the window. > They still haven't fixed that? Open a Terminal, type killall iTunesHelper (It's not the GUI that's open, but a

Re: Xcode installer says itunes must be closed

2011-10-04 Thread Michael Davis
This is a known problem with the Xcode installer. The Apple Developer website states that "iTunes Helper" must be closed for the installation to continue (see http://developer.apple.com/support/xcode/). Hope that helps. Michael On 10/4/11 12:46 PM, "Tim Johnson" wrote: > I am running the Xco

Xcode installer says itunes must be closed

2011-10-04 Thread Tim Johnson
I am running the Xcode installer. I have a pop window that is titled: "Installation Alert" The message is "In order to continue installation, please close the following application:" And itunes is highlighted in the window. I have closed (to the best of my knowledge) all other running applic

Re: Can't install - 'Xcode is not installed..'

2011-10-04 Thread Tim Johnson
* Scott Webster [111004 08:33]: > Go with the graphical option. Just double click it. > > I don't think you can open .app files from the command like that, > though probably if you typed "open Install\ Xcode.app" it would figure > it out. Thanks. Install is running, but really bizarre situatio

Re: How to start an app?

2011-10-04 Thread Jason Swails
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:26 PM, John wrote: > Thanks for the help, Ok so I had to put in "activate" to get Geany to work > but I got a "RANDR" error but it still started. I get those all the time (Linux and Mac OS X alike), and it's never caused me to lose sleep :). > It said that Koffice is

Re: Can't install - 'Xcode is not installed..'

2011-10-04 Thread Scott Webster
Go with the graphical option. Just double click it. I don't think you can open .app files from the command like that, though probably if you typed "open Install\ Xcode.app" it would figure it out. Scott On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Tim Johnson wrote: > * Ryan Schmidt [111003 17:50]: >> >>

Re: Can't install - 'Xcode is not installed..'

2011-10-04 Thread Tim Johnson
* Ryan Schmidt [111003 17:50]: > > On Oct 3, 2011, at 20:26, Tim Johnson wrote: > > > Should I be executing `Install Xcode.app' ? > > Yes :) OK. I'm up, I'm awake and I'm going to ask another stupid question: Should I be - from the command line - executing /.Install Xcode.app or shoul

Re: How to start an app?

2011-10-04 Thread Jason Swails
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:44 AM, John wrote: > Hi, at the risk of sounding like an idiot, how do you start/find an app > that you installed using MacPorts? Not all programs are turned into apps that are dumped into the /Applications/MacPorts folder. Some of them are just binaries that reside i

How to start an app?

2011-10-04 Thread John
Hi, at the risk of sounding like an idiot, how do you start/find an app that you installed using MacPorts? I am not new t Macs but I am new to the unix side of it. Using MacPorts is the first time I have ever used the terminal in about 12 years of using a Mac. I installed Macports and then insta

change port dependencies

2011-10-04 Thread Yifei Li
Hi all, When I tried to install py27-pyqt4, it attempts to fetch and install qt4-mac-4.7.1. However, I already have qt4-mac-4.7.3 installed. How do I tell py27-pyqt4 to use the existing qt instead of getting an older version? Thanks Yifei ___ macports

Re: Can't install - 'Xcode is not installed..'

2011-10-04 Thread Jeremy Lavergne
I've got an initial check into base now: http://trac.macports.org/changeset/84908 ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users

Re: Can't install - 'Xcode is not installed..'

2011-10-04 Thread Arno Hautala
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 02:48, Dominik Reichardt wrote: > > It's Apples fault for not taking care of this expectations mismatch, they > should just initiate the installer after download (or give some dialog that > this is just the installer and it needs to be run first). I think this is an area