[fpc-pascal] Installing on Mac OS X

[Paul]

Ok thanks,

> In the Finder, type cmd-shift-g (or menu Go and then "Go to  Folder..."), 
> and type /usr/local/share/lazarus. You should find the  Lazarus 
> application there. The reason that you don't find stuff  located there by 
> default via the GUI (you can use an advanced search  to also search those 
> locations), is that regular applications are not  supposed to be installed 
> there. Only Unix-based stuff lives there  normally, and people using that 
> normally use the command line.

I get an error though:
Library not loaded: /sw/lib/libglib-1.2.0.dylib
Are there any other packages to install then ?

> the Unix-underpinnings of Mac OS X would certainly be useful if you  have 
> no prior Linux/Unix-experience.

which I don't have at all.
I need it for just one application for the moment, maybe later others will 
follow.
But most likely, I'll need to convert that application to 
WinCE/Symbian/Linux first
The reason I want to use FPC/Lazarus.


Paul


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonas Maebe" <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be>
To: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Installing on Mac OS X


>
> On 31 Aug 2008, at 13:30, Paul wrote:
>
>> I had installed Lazarus also, but I can't find it either.
>
> In the Finder, type cmd-shift-g (or menu Go and then "Go to  Folder..."), 
> and type /usr/local/share/lazarus. You should find the  Lazarus 
> application there. The reason that you don't find stuff  located there by 
> default via the GUI (you can use an advanced search  to also search those 
> locations), is that regular applications are not  supposed to be installed 
> there. Only Unix-based stuff lives there  normally, and people using that 
> normally use the command line.
>
>> I'll need to buy a book 'using Mac OS/X' first, the doc shipped with  the 
>> iMac are .. nothing.
>> Maybe there is a userguide.pdf available, but studying from a screen  is 
>> not my kind of thing.
>
> Such books are unlikely help you with getting Lazarus running, as  Lazarus 
> does not (yet) behave like any other Mac app in many respects  (it's 
> currently a hybrid combining various Windows, Unix and some Mac 
> conventions in different areas). That said, a book that focusses on  the 
> Unix-underpinnings of Mac OS X would certainly be useful if you  have no 
> prior Linux/Unix-experience.
>
>
> Jonas
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