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| author | Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@gmail.com> | 2014-10-22 09:19:12 +0100 |
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| committer | Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@gmail.com> | 2014-10-22 09:19:12 +0100 |
| commit | 45e5c33a6479ea9e206219e3b576c41d877ba15b (patch) | |
| tree | 9253bb7e71f806f40944c45c1f379d6128ce7389 /docs | |
| parent | 6d0585a89b86a24e90e74ff96f81da9853d3c35d (diff) | |
| download | fpGUI-45e5c33a6479ea9e206219e3b576c41d877ba15b.tar.xz | |
updated OSX installation notes
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diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.txt b/docs/INSTALL.txt index 806b7d82..688fc61e 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL.txt +++ b/docs/INSTALL.txt @@ -126,14 +126,19 @@ Example: MacOSX instructions and known issues ==================================== -NOTE: - MacOSX is still an unsupported platform, but some users have reported +NOTE #1: + MacOSX is still an unsupported platform, but users have reported that it works, so I decided to add some of their notes here for any other Mac users that want to try fpGUI. -To run fpGUI based application under MacOSX, you use the X11 backend. X11 -is included with all recent MacOSX versions (in older OSX versions it was -a separate install - but included on the install DVD). +NOTE #2: + It seems Apple stopped shipping X11 with OSX. From OSX 10.9 you need to + install X11 Server support by downloading it from the open source project + named XQuartz [http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/]. + +To compile and run fpGUI based application under MacOSX, you use the X11 backend. +X11 is included with all recent MacOSX versions (in older OSX versions it was a +separate install - but included on the install DVD). An example workflow to work with any fpgui app is: a) launch X11 (Applications -> Utilities) @@ -156,9 +161,17 @@ d) type ./appname to start the application "appname" choose the path during installation, so probably other OSX users will have to double check the correct X11 library path. + If you still get the error about the missing X11 the you might have to setup + a generic symlink. eg: + + cd /usr/X11/lib + sudo ln -s libX11.6.dylib libX11.dylib + sudo ln -s libXft.2.dylib libXft.dylib + sudo ln -s libfontconfig.1.dylib libfontconfig.dylib + * Compiling from the command line, the compiler cannot create the - sub-directory "units" used by most demos inluded with fpGUI. So remember to - create such a directory if the compiler fails. The compiler output will + sub-directory "units" used by most demos included with fpGUI. So remember to + create such a directory if the compilation fails. The compiler output will clearly state such a situation. When using Lazarus or Maximus IDE to compile fpGUI projects, the IDE will creates the missing unit output path for you. |