[OS X TeX] i-installer and autotrace

[Gerben Wierda]

On Jul 4, 2005, at 12:08, Stephen Moye wrote:

>
> On Jul 4, 2005, at 3:47 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>
>> Did you not get a warning on freetype not being available when 
>> installing autotrace?
>>
>> Anyway, installing freetype should fix this.
>>
>> G
>>
>> On 4 Jul 2005, at 03:29, Stephen Moye wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I installed autotrace using i-installer, but I get this error 
>>> message when I use it:
>>>
>>> 21:26 ~: autotrace --help
>>> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfreetype6.dylib
>>>   Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/autotrace
>>>   Reason: image not found
>>> Trace/BPT trap
>>> 21:26 ~:
>>>
>>> Any insights?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>
> Yes, freetype2 was installed, and, no, i-Installer had no complaints 
> when I installed autotrace. I looked in /usr/local/lib and 
> libfreetype6.dylib is indeed not there but there are these files:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin  1821780 Dec 31  2004 
> /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.3.7.dylib
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root  admin       23 Jul  4 05:58 
> /usr/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib -> libfreetype.6.3.7.dylib
>
> The closeness of the names prompts me to ask if there is a problem 
> here.

I would suggest running a repair privileges on your system and reboot. 
 From this info, the installation seems correct but this is typically 
the kind of behaviour you get when the privileges are not OK.

G

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