On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:17, Andrew Mark <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have what is hopefully a stupid and therefore easy question. I've > installed the py-spyder port. The installation of the program and all > its dependencies completed successfully. The install added several > new things to Launcher, including a folder called MacPorts(other), but > nothing that I can see for running Spyder. So, now that I've > successfully installed Spyder, how do I run it? > Most programs in MacPorts don't use OS X app bundles, but instead run from the command line, because they are straight ports of programs from FreeBSD or Linux which aren't designed to work from bundles, and because MacPorts originated in a command line culture (it's loosely based on FreeBSD ports). If you want an app bundle, you could install something like Platypus that creates bundle wrappers for command line programs. -- brandon s allbery [email protected] wandering unix systems administrator (available) (412) 475-9364 vm/sms
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