Your early 2009 iMac doesn't have the required avx instructions. I refer you to Eric's message of 4/12 to the beta forum where he responded to my similar query.
I agree with jsoftware's direction of not doubling the number of builds for new releases. j is wonderfully stable. The half life of processors continues to decrease... > On 2017Apr 18, at 16:04, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > …Have I just hit this problem? > > Just downloaded: j806_mac64.zip > from: www.jsoftware.com/download/j806/install/ > and installed it as: /Applications/j64-806 > > I launch: jcon.app > > …Apple Terminal opens and displays: > —————————————————————————————— > Last login: Tue Apr 18 23:04:57 on ttys000 > ian-clarks-imac:~ ianclark$ /Applications/j64-806/bin/jconsole ; exit; > Illegal instruction: 4 > logout > Saving session... > ...copying shared history... > ...saving history...truncating history files... > ...completed. > > [Process completed] > —————————————————————————————— > …and immediately exits. > > Contrast this with what happens with jconsole in j805 -- I get just the > first 2 lines, followed by a J prompt. > > Plus Apple Console gives me a crash report (attached -- but does it get > stripped off a forum email like this?) > > The same thing happens if I launch the following executable by > double-clicking it: > /Applications/j64-806/bin/jconsole > > Since AFAICT all IDEs call jconsole, nothing else works -- so no surprise > about that. > > I notice you mention: "an avx binary JE on a non-avx platform". Is this > something under my control? (I'd guess not). > > Oh, and one more thing… > AFAICT the green J icon: /Applications/j64-806/jqt.app > tries to execute an absent file: /Applications/j64-806/bin/jqt.command > > I'm running: OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6 on an iMac(24-inch, Early > 2009). > > Send me an Xcode project, if there's something I can help with, like > recompiling a new jconsole executable. I gather Macs are in short supply on > this list. > > Ian > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Starting J with an avx binary JE on a non-avx platform will fail. >> >> The failure will probably be reported as 'Illegal instruction'. It some >> case it will be reported that the JE load failed. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
