On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 10:24 , Bill Janssen wrote:
> However, most Mac folks are not Unix weenies, and to really operate
> properly on the Mac, we should put together a binary installer
> package.  Doesn't look that hard to do; I'm looking into it.

A major sticking point for Mac OS X users is the fact that Plucker 
has to be run from the command line. I suspect that nothing less 
than a fully-blown Aqua GUI would satisfy them, and that is a 
non-trivial thing to write. Mac users are finicky.

Also keep in mind that neither Python nor NetPBM (or alternatives) 
come preinstalled on Mac OS X. These can be installed using Fink, a 
package manager for Mac OS X - http://fink.sourceforge.net/ - maybe 
someone could come up with the scripts to allow Plucker to be 
installed via Fink.

  -Terence


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