Again, my thanks. & perhaps predictably, that was not the last bit . . .
apparently one also needs "libgd" & apparently it does not come as a mac download (?) [& thank you for the clarification re: mac, linux & pc downloads. I really know zero here, so every bit helps . . . ]. I did however find instructions on how to install libgd from the unix download - but cannot understand them: " %cd /usr/local/lib %sudo mv libgd.* /Users/userX/libgd_archiv/ %sudo ln -s /usr/X11R6/include/fontconfig /usr/local/include %curl -O http://www.boutell.com/gd/http/gd-2.0.33.tar.gz %gnutar -xzf %cd gd-2.0.33 %./configure if Support for Freetype 2.x library: no %ln -s `which glibtool` ./libtool %./configure --with-freetype=/usr/local %make %sudo make install %sudo ranlib /usr/local/lib/libgd.a " hoping to get this up & running before midterms, so very much appreciate all the help. I will have to compile all the info into a single post afterwards! Best, - G. Abel. On Oct 16, 9:13 am, Oisín <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/10/16 G. <[email protected]>: > > > > > So I found a download for "lp1241b04" which is apparently the libpng > > that i need (?). but the error is persistent & I do not know why. I > > suspect it has to do with where it is placed on my computer (?). > > > Any advice? > > I didn't see a version of libpng for Mac newer than 1.2.39 in a quick > search - the official libpng page links > tohttp://ethan.tira-thompson.org/Mac_OS_X_Ports.htmlfor a third party > OS X build of that version. You might have downloaded the Windows or > Linux version (remember that usually, Mac software is distributed as > .dmg archive images, Windows software as .zip/.exe and Linux as > .tar.gz or .tar.bz2). > > Although iirc when I installed libpng it was via Darwinports > (http://darwinports.com/) or Fink (http://www.finkproject.org/)... > although my OS X hard disk died (without me backing it up, doh) so > I'll be repeating all of this soon :/ > > Oisín > > > > > Best, > > > - Abel > > > On Oct 14, 10:25 pm, "G." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Jason - > > >> Thanks, not sure why that makes the difference, but it did. Another > >> error though: > > >> " > >> dhcp226028:dvipng-1.12 rasul$ ./configure > >> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > >> checking for gcc... gcc > >> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out > >> checking whether the C compiler works... yes > >> checking whether we are cross compiling... no > >> checking for suffix of executables... > >> checking for suffix of object files... o > >> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes > >> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes > >> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed > >> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c > >> checking whether ln -s works... yes > >> checking for gs... gs > >> checking whether gs has the pngalpha device... yes > >> checking for pow in -lm... yes > >> checking for deflate in -lz... yes > >> checking for basename in -lgen... no > >> checking for png_read_image in -lpng... no > >> configure: error: cannot find/use libpng > >> dhcp226028:dvipng-1.12 rasul$ > >> " > > >> Again, thanks for all the help. > > >> - Abel > > >> > I would recommend installing the XCode dev tools rather than gcc > >> > directly. > > >> > Jason > > >> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:01 AM, G. <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > Alright, what a trip! I finally downloaded gcc4.2.pkg via the apple > >> > > website; but when I run './configure' it still returns an error > >> > > reporting no compiler (v.i.). Any thoughts? It says something about > >> > > PATH, & I tried reading that, but to no insight on my behalf. I moved > >> > > the location of gcc around, but again to no avail. Got to be close > >> > > now . . . got to be. > > >> > > Any thoughts? Thank you all for your support, I hope I'll be able to > >> > > repay the favor with time. > > >> > > Best, > > >> > > - Abel > > >> > > The error: > >> > > " > >> > > dhcp226028:~ rasul$ cd /Applications/Utilities/dvipng-1.12 > >> > > dhcp226028:dvipng-1.12 rasul$ ./configure > >> > > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no > >> > > checking for gcc... no > >> > > checking for cc... no > >> > > checking for cl.exe... no > >> > > configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH > >> > > See `config.log' for more details. > >> > > " > > >> > > On Oct 13, 2:37 pm, OldGrantonian <[email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > >> I'm too poor to afford a Mac, but I saw this link: > > >> > >>http://www.rna.nl/tex.html > > >> > >> Any application ending with "cc" is likely to be a "C" compiler. 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