Re: [Gretl-devel] gretl on Mountain Lion
On 07-12-2012, at 14:55, Allin Cottrell wrote:
On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, Henrique Andrade wrote:
> I'll take a detailed look at these instructions. Maybe I can insert
> images, if you believe this can improve the understanding.
Thanks, Henrique. Yes, I think screen shots would help.
Up till now I've pretty much been assuming that Mac users know
how to install software from a dmg, but it seems that's not so
for many users. Also a first-time gretl installation on ML is
admittedly a bit complicated since you have to install three
separate packages.
I suppose we could think about bundling GTK in the gretl dmg,
which would cut out one step.
I've read the instructions
They look ok to me.
It would be a good idea to emphasize that on Mountain Lion Finder windows have a tendency
to open behind other windows (on Snow Leopard they most often don't do that)(in
general Finder on Mountain Lion sometimes acts strangely especially when opening a window
the first time after login).
It might be a good idea to make a Mac OS X installer package for the framework.
It has to be installed in a specific location.
In that case the instructions could be simplified to: download GTK2-framework.pkg and
XQuartz.pkg. Double click and off you go.
I have made an installer package from the initial "virgin" GTK+.framework that
will install the framework in /Library/Frameworks of the system disk.
It can be downloaded with: curl -O http://bhh.home.xs4all.nl/Gretl/GTK2-framework.pkg
I would separate the instructions into two sections:
1. First time install: installing XQuartz and GTK+.framework
2. Installing Gretl.
The first sentence of the instructions contains a spelling error: instaling ==>
installing.
If the GTK Framework is put into the gretl dmg the instructions would be more involved I
think.
So I would suggest to not include the framework in the gretl package.
Berend