Cara Veteran Posted January 12, 2003 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2003 Ok, here is what I need to know... I've got an X11 Application I want to run on my Mac yet I'm 100% clueless how to get it to operate...suggestions? The application I want to run is called 'ShowEQ' and it runs on X11 but I don't know what do do with it after downloading, suggestions? The URL is : seq.sourceforge.net/ Thanks guys, Cara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosignull Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 first dl this: http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/ then when its installed load up x11 by clickin on the icon in the apps folder. then use xterm to locate and execute ure program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Veteran Posted January 13, 2003 Author Veteran Share Posted January 13, 2003 first dl this:http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/ then when its installed load up x11 by clickin on the icon in the apps folder. then use xterm to locate and execute ure program Already tried that, it requires you run it though 'make' which I've also done with nothing but errors, so I'm wondering if someone can point me to my error. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 make is the compile command. unless your source package is specifically designed for darwin you're going to get tons of errors. you could try fink.sourceforge.net and see if they have ported that package yet, and if so you can install fink and follow the directions to install the package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Veteran Posted January 13, 2003 Author Veteran Share Posted January 13, 2003 make is the compile command. unless your source package is specifically designed for darwin you're going to get tons of errors. you could try fink.sourceforge.net and see if they have ported that package yet, and if so you can install fink and follow the directions to install the package. Blast, that is the one thing I didn't want to hear. heh... This isn't a common use program so I know it hasn't been ported. :p Thanks... Cara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkleytone Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 i wouldnt go so far as what frod said...yet. if it works in linuxppc it most likely works in X11 on OS X. all you have to do is make sure you have the dev tools installed. this is where you get all the cool tools like make and gcc. you need to download the source, go into that directory and './configure' then 'make' then 'make install' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 if you're still getting errors, i think there are some tutorials on the web about how to edit source packages to compile properly on darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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