@Patrick Reading your post reminded me that getting j803 to run on my iMac wasn't that simple. I had forgotten what I did. But I see I made notes, assuming I'd forget :-)
Briefly it seems I followed the instructions here: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Installation/J803#Mac I tried adapting these instructions to installing J804, including aliasing missing dylibs to likely substitutes, plus copying dylibs from someone who was running Yosemite. But I couldn't get it to work, and after Bill's post (around May 2015), I stopped trying. I have the green and yellow J's in my Dock. But I think I had to drag them there from /Applications/j64-803/ BTW - one nice thing I discovered, is to duplicate jqt.app and rename it, e.g. to jqt2.app. This lets me run two independent copies of jqt - albeit using the same config files etc. They don't seem to tread on each others' toes. I use this to see two separate copies of the Edit window so I can compare different projects side-by-side. Inability to do so with a single jqt.app running is a notable shortcoming. (Or maybe I just have crazy ways of working.) On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 4:39 PM, J. Patrick Harrington <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, > With that symlink, I have no trouble running jqt from the green icon: > > JVERSION > Engine: j803/2014-10-19-11:11:11 > Library: 8.03.13 > Qt IDE: 1.3.1/5.3.2 > Platform: Darwin 64 > Installer: J803 install > InstallPath: /users/jph/j64-803 > > Only odd thing is that the icon does not appear in the dock. And if I > try to start it with j64-803/bin/jqt I get: > > This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt > platform plugin "cocoa". > Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. > Abort > > I have not tried reinstalling. > Patrick > > > On Fri, 7 Aug 2015, bill lam wrote: >> >> If you only intend to run jqt, try copy the jconsole from j802. >> >> the libedit is used for readline in jconsole. >> 07 авг. 2015 г. 22:37 пользователь "J. Patrick Harrington" < >> [email protected]> написал: >> >>> Ian, >>> >>> I did try j64-803 last year and found it didn't run for me. Just now >>> I replaced the old 803 directory with a new j64-803 download. When I >>> try to run j64-803/bin/jconsole I get this result: >>> >>> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libedit.3.dylib >>> Referenced from: /Users/jph/j64-803/bin/jconsole >>> Reason: image not found >>> Trace/BPT trap >>> >>> This is what I found before. Is this missing library problem fixable? >>> >>> Patrick > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
