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csonni



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:09 pm    Post subject: how to install? Reply with quote

I have downloaded wview to use with my Vantage Pro 2 station, but it looks awfully complicated to install. Do I need to know something about programming on my mac? I use OSX (Tiger), but I've never gotten into the Console. Isn't there a simple way to install?
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mteel



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have you looked at the wview-Quick-Start-MacOSX.html file in the distro? This gives a synopsis of what is required.

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Isn't there a simple way to install?

If you mean a "drag to the desktop and double click it" way, then the answer is a resounding "no". This is free software and I don't have the time to create a GUI install and configuration interface. Besides, it would have to be X windows/QT based, not aqua. wview is used on all forms of unix - linux, BSD, darwin. That would require you to install and run X-windows and QT via DarwinPorts, which may be too complicated also.

If the instructions in wview-Quick-Start-MacOSX.html look too complicated, I would suggest wview may not be for you.

Mark
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IslandLife



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mteel wrote:
This is free software and I don't have the time to create a GUI install and configuration interface. Besides, it would have to be X windows/QT based, not aqua. wview is used on all forms of unix - linux, BSD, darwin. That would require you to install and run X-windows and QT via DarwinPorts, which may be too complicated also.

If the instructions in wview-Quick-Start-MacOSX.html look too complicated, I would suggest wview may not be for you.

Mark

Hi Mark; Have you ever looked into using Applescript to install the wview app on a Mac? The more I read into the config files and manual, I see that you are a serious programmer that has put a significant amount of work into this. http://www.apple.com/applescript/terminal/ may make it more accessible to non-programmers (like me).

Paul[/i]
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