David Reiser wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2007, at 7:58 PM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote: > >> Tom Liehe wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have successfully installed gnucash2 under 10.5.1. >>> >>> However I cannot access the tutorial as it requires gnucash2-docs. >>> When I try to install, I get problems which seem to be well documented >>> regarding compiling mozilla and running into a claimed error at line 84 >>> of /usr/include/signal.h. This occurs while trying to compile >>> dependencies >>> for yelp. Same error if I choose firefox or seamonkey instead. >>> Fiddling with >>> signal.h I got as far as errors trying to strip. Disabled strip, then >>> it got >>> errors with unresolved symbols. Gave up. >>> >>> My question is, why should I need mozilla, or firefox, or seamonkey on >>> the fink side? Is there a way to have yelp use Safari? Or use a >>> normal Mac >>> OS X installation of Firefox? >>> >>> In other words, is it really necessary for fink to include a browser >>> at all? >>> >>> I tried to look at the yelp.info and yelp-viewer.info files but I get >>> in over >>> my head at that point. I begin to have a vague idea how much the work >>> fink maintainer/creators have put into all this. Much thanks for >>> that, very >>> impressive. Anyway, it clearly wants Gecko, so I suppose Safari is right >>> out. But doesn't Firefox use Gecko? >>> >>> Any tips/comments appreciated. >>> Tom >>> aka Tommy Lee >> >> There's a tentative firefox fix, but the problem is that the Leopard fix >> breaks firefox1.5 on my Tiger setup. I have fixed that new Tiger crash, >> but I don't have Leopard to make sure the 2nd fix didn't rebreak Leopard. >> >> If you want to test it out on Leopard download BOTH firefox1.5 files >> from here >> <http://cvs.snaggledworks.com/viewvc.cgi/fink/10.4/main/finkinfo/net/> >> and place them in /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/, re-run 'fink >> index' and try to rebuild firefox1.5-shlibs (the version should be >> 1.5.0.12-1002). >> >> Hanspeter > > It builds. But it won't run from a standard terminal window (counting on > Leopard's handoff to x11 via launchd). > > If I launch x11.app and launch firefox from an xterm window (after . > /sw/bin/init.sh), it does work.
Are you on Intel or PPC? I had a report of it not working on 10.5/Intel). And define "won't run". Does it silently crash, give an error, draw drunk elephants all over the screen? :) Hanspeter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
