Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl on Mac OS-X Leopard

I installed the gretl.app from the dmg file provided via the gretl website. Double clicking on the application icon fails to initiate X11 and generates an error message that gretl requires X11 to function. Hence, I started X11 separately and then double clicked on gretl. This generates the error message "Application gretl_x11 quit unexpectedly". The report contains the following error message Dyld Error Message: Library not loaded: /Users/allin/misc/lib/libfftw3.3.dylib Referenced from: /Applications/Gretl.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gretl_x11 Reason: no suitable image found. Did find: /Applications/Gretl.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libfftw3.3.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture so that there is a mismatch of the libfftw3.3 library. I assume that the reference to "wrong architecture" means that the library is not a universal binary (I am experimenting on an Intel Mac Mini). I have updated my system to include the latest fixes from Apple, so that may include Version 10.5.1. As I explained I was not able to find how to execute ./gretl because I cannot get to the right location in xterm. In any case, the error message suggests that the outcome would not be any different. Regards Gordon Hughes > Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:22:31 +0100 > From: Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net&gt; > Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl on Mac OS-X Leopard > To: Gretl list <gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu&gt; > Message-ID: <47531407.7010501(a)gmx.net&gt; > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Gordon Hughes schrieb: > > This is a general warning. I have recently upgraded the version of > > OS-X on a Mac to version 10.5 (Leopard). I have found that Gretl does > > not seem to work with the new version of X11 in Leopard. Nor am I > > able to follow the debugging instructions given in the Readme pdf file > > because I cannot get to the directory Gretl.app/... specified. I was > > able to get Gretl to work with version 10.4 (Tiger) of OS-X without > > any significant difficulty. > > With 1.6.5 I could not start gretl on OS 10.5.0 by double-clicking, > either. However, I was able to start it by typing ./gretl in the > appropriate place. Could you be more specific why that didn't work for > you or what happened? > > > > > From brief investigation it seems that Apple has a large number of > > unresolved problems with X11 in the initial release of Leopard, so > > that I suspect that it may not be worth trying to get Gretl to work > > with Leopard until these problems are sorted out. This is not > > important for me because I can use Gretl on a Windows PC or on a > > Windows virtual machine on my Mac via VMWare Fusion. However, for > > those without such options it may be worth postponing any planned > > upgrade to Leopard until they release version 10.5.1 (or later) with a > > version of X11 that functions properly. > 10.5.1 is out already. And I was able to compile and start (the > pre-release version of) gretl 1.7.0 on OS 10.5 from source as described > on the gretl mac page. (However, it took a while because all the other > fink packages also had to be compiled, because there wasn't a > pre-compiled fink version for 10.5 available yet.) > > But I haven't tested the current 1.7.0 dmg, there may very well remain > some problems. All I'm saying is that there don't seem to be any > fundamental problems in using gretl 1.7.0 on os 10.5 (practical problems > notwithstanding). > > thanks, > sven _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users