Hey Chris, thanks for the info. I think I can maybe make this work, I spose we'll see. I'm still doing some checking, but I appreciate the resources you gave me, their great! And yeah, I realized it's Linux l i n u x after I emailed the list. :-D Hopefully, I can figure out how to make this work ok. :-) Laurel On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:09 PM, Christopher gilland <[email protected]> wrote:
> Laurel, > > first off, let's not confuse people. The O S is Linux, not Linox. It's l i > n u x, not l i n o x. > > Secondly, it's definitely something that you could try. It depends on what > libraries it needs to work, and if all of them are in the correct location, > (usually /usr/bin.) some will be in /var or in /etc, although most in > /usr/bin. As long as they're there, there is a chance. Notice, I did say, > a, chance. It's honestly kind of hard to say. Here's something though you > could try if nothing else. go to: > > http://www.macports.com > > What this site basically is, is a repository of aps which have deliveretly > been ported over to work in Terminal on the Mac. These apps normally were > designed to run on Linux. > > the other thing too about this is, if you don't find a macports for it, and > have to install it yourself, depending on the package, you might have to > build and compile it from source, which, if you don't have make installed, > (type "which make" at the prompt to find out,) then it may not work. I > suppose you could try sudo apt-get install make, but don't count on it. Keep > in mind that trying to do sudo apt-get install YourPackageName probably isn't > gonna work. this is because /etc/apt/sources.list is probably totally > different from the repos you'd find in a Linux distro like Ubuntu/Debian, or > Fedora, etc. So yeah... > > In summation, it's possible, but don't hold your breath to it. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel and Stockard" > <[email protected]> > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 6:05 PM > Subject: can programs designed for lenox also be used on OS 10 Maverick > > >> So, I'm looking at an open source program that would help me with learning >> another language. Here's the thing, it says the program is for windows or >> lennox though, but, I've been told that Lenox is pretty similar to actual OS >> 10 Mavericks. So, as my subject line says, could an open source program >> written and designed to work on lenox also work on OS 10 Mavericks? 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