My xfig also always crashed when I clicked on the file menu, that's why I un- and re-installed. It sounds like this is an actual xfig bug. I have some libXaw in /usr/X11R6/lib, not the one xfig wants, but none in /opt... I'll start over. Thanks.
Ryan Schmidt-24 wrote: > > On Aug 20, 2007, at 21:00, Hermann Flaschka wrote: > >> My problem started with the graphics program "xfig". It would crash >> every >> time I tried to open a file. So I wanted to reinstall it, and tried >> to remove all >> its files by hand. I'm sure this was a bad idea, but I didn't know >> there was an >> "uninstall" command. When I tried to install xfig again, Macports >> kept giving error >> messages about some file already existing and not belonging to a >> registered >> port. Each time, I removed the file by hand. Finally, I did "sudo >> port -f uninstall xfig", >> and there was no message at all. Then I reinstalled xfig. That >> seemed to work. >> To be certain, I did "sudo port -d upgrade xfig" and got "No need >> to upgrade!" >> >> However, when I try to use xfig, I get this message: >> >> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib >> Referenced from: /opt/local/bin/xfig >> Reason: image not found >> Trace/BPT trap >> >> Maybe I deleted necessary files while I was messing around? The >> program >> opened OK before I did all this (it just crashed afterwards). >> How do I get the missing files installed? (I'm running OS X 10.4.10 >> on a >> MacBook Pro). > > I see that xfig depends on Xaw3d, and Xaw3d provides libXaw3d. > 7.dylib, but in /opt/local/lib/, not in /usr/X11R6/lib. > > I just tried to install and run xfig just now, and it seemed to be > ok. (Well, it crashed when I clicked the File menu, but that's > different from referencing a nonexistent library.) > > Do you have a /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib on your system? I don't > on mine. > > I recommend you uninstall and clean xfig, and maybe do the same for > Xaw3d, and then reinstall xfig. > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Installing-xfig%3A-%22Library-not-loaded%22-tf4299470.html#a12255564 Sent from the MacPorts - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
