Re: [COOT] problem with install on new Macbook Pro (OS X 10.5) **SOLVED**

2009-06-06 Thread Jason Greenwald
On Jun 5, 2009, at 9:53 PM, William Scott wrote: Two more thoughts: 1. What shell are you using? if it is tcsh, then you need to source a different file, i.e., source /usr/local/xtal/coot/bin/init.csh This solved it. However I am in fact using tcsh, just as I was on my previous

[COOT] problem with install on new Macbook Pro (OS X 10.5)

2009-06-05 Thread Jason Greenwald
When I migrated to my new Macbook, COOT quit working properly. The icons/images do not appear for the majority of the GUI. I tried all three of the standalone binaries on Bill Scott's website. The only thing that works is the COOT app package from the CCP4 download site. However with the app

Re: [COOT] problem with install on new Macbook Pro (OS X 10.5)

2009-06-05 Thread Mark Brooks
Hi, The CCP4 download page has a proper package, which works, despite being an older version. I had problems with his binaries too, (from this web page: http://sage.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/xtal/wiki/index.php/Installing_Coot_on_OS_X ) ...but the best way for me was to use his fink installation

Re: [COOT] problem with install on new Macbook Pro (OS X 10.5)

2009-06-05 Thread William G. Scott
Hi Jason: For some reason that I don't understand, some users find they need to issue the command source /usr/local/xtal/coot/bin/init.sh prior to issuing the command coot (coot in this context actually invokes a wrapper shell script that has that first source command in it, so that is

Re: [COOT] problem with install on new Macbook Pro (OS X 10.5)

2009-06-05 Thread Jason Greenwald
Thank you Bill and also other helpful folks. I should have mentioned this my original post, but when I issue the source command (which of course is also done by the coot wrapper shell script) I get the result: Illegal variable name. And coot still does not work. Perhaps something that

Re: [COOT] problem with install on new Macbook Pro (OS X 10.5)

2009-06-05 Thread Nathaniel Echols
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Jason Greenwald jason.greenw...@phys.chem.ethz.ch wrote: In the meantime I am using the COOT.app package from the CCP4 download site, so if anyone knows how to save more than one session using this installation, I would be happy to hear it. I couldn't find

Re: [COOT] problem with install on new Macbook Pro (OS X 10.5)

2009-06-05 Thread William Scott
Two more thoughts: 1. What shell are you using? if it is tcsh, then you need to source a different file, i.e., source /usr/local/xtal/coot/bin/init.csh because the syntax is not compatible with the other shells. 2. Maybe updating to the most recent X11 will help: