[OS X TeX] Re: MacOSX-TeX Digest, Vol 8, Issue 25

Lionel Lovitch lovitch at df.unipi.it
Sat Jun 28 19:32:58 CEST 2008


Just yesterday, excuse me please for writing about something
that is nor TeX or LaTeX, under Leopard
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I had a similar problem with dylib etc. when I tried to run
the Gimpshop application. You can see a report in the attached doc.

so I too am wanting to know what to do
regards
lionel lovitch



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>   1. Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv (Eric van der Oord)
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>   3. Re: Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv (Martin Costabel)
>   4. Re: Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv (Eric van der Oord)
>   5. Re: Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv (Bruno Voisin)
>   6. Re: Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv (Eric van der Oord)
>   7. Re: Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv (Bruno Voisin)
>   8. Re: Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv (Eric van der Oord)
>   9. Re: Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv (Peter Dyballa)
>  10. Re: Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv (Franck Pastor)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:44:35 +0200
> From: Eric van der Oord <eric.vanderoord at free.fr>
> Subject: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
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> I've upgraded (via "erase & install") to Leopard, and re-installed
> MacTeX2007.
>
> LaTeX works fine, but when I try to use "gv" (for example in terminal)
> I get the following answer :
>
> [sdpp-01:~] ericvand% gv
> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib
>   Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/gv
>   Reason: image not found
> Trace/BPT trap
>
>
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:41:08 +0200
> From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa at Web.DE>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
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> Am 27.06.2008 um 07:44 schrieb Eric van der Oord:
>
>> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib
>>  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/gv
>
> You need to update gv with a Leopard version since in Leopard the X11
> libraries are in /usr/X11/lib (while the X11 installation is based on
> X11R7.x).
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
> A blizzard is when it snows sideways.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:01:15 +0200
> From: Martin Costabel <costabel at wanadoo.fr>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
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> Peter Dyballa wrote:
>>
>> Am 27.06.2008 um 07:44 schrieb Eric van der Oord:
>>
>>> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib
>>>  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/gv
>>
>> You need to update gv with a Leopard version since in Leopard the X11
>> libraries are in /usr/X11/lib (while the X11 installation is based on
>> X11R7.x).
>
> This is not the right explanation for the error. True, on Leopard, X11
> lives in /usr/X11, but there is also a symlink /usr/X11R6->X11, so the
> old path /usr/X11R6 can be used, too.
>
> The real problem is that gv is linked to libXaw3d which is not part of
> Apple's installation of X11 (and never has been). The version of
> libXaw3d that was installed on the computer where Eric's version of gv
> was built must have come from some third party that placed it into
> /usr/X11R6/lib. More recent installations of libXaw3d (for example  
> from
> Fink) don't do this, they install it somewhere privately, Fink for
> example in /sw/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib.
>
> If this version of gv comes from MacTeX, and if it is really linked
> against /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib, this would be a serious bug.
> If it's Eric's private version, it needs to be rebuilt (or modified  
> with
> some appropriate tool) so as to link against the version of libXaw3d
> installed on his computer.
>
> -- 
> Martin
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:11:41 +0200
> From: Eric van der Oord <eric.vanderoord at free.fr>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
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> The last time I installed gv, it was with G. Wierda i-installer, with
> Tiger...
>
> I don't know if MacTex2007 re-installs it
>
> Eric
>
> Le 27 juin 08 ? 10:01, Martin Costabel a ?crit :
>
>> Peter Dyballa wrote:
>>> Am 27.06.2008 um 07:44 schrieb Eric van der Oord:
>>>> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib
>>>> Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/gv
>>> You need to update gv with a Leopard version since in Leopard the
>>> X11 libraries are in /usr/X11/lib (while the X11 installation is
>>> based on X11R7.x).
>>
>> This is not the right explanation for the error. True, on Leopard,
>> X11 lives in /usr/X11, but there is also a symlink /usr/X11R6->X11,
>> so the old path /usr/X11R6 can be used, too.
>>
>> The real problem is that gv is linked to libXaw3d which is not part
>> of Apple's installation of X11 (and never has been). The version of
>> libXaw3d that was installed on the computer where Eric's version of
>> gv was built must have come from some third party that placed it
>> into /usr/X11R6/lib. More recent installations of libXaw3d (for
>> example from Fink) don't do this, they install it somewhere
>> privately, Fink for example in /sw/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib.
>>
>> If this version of gv comes from MacTeX, and if it is really linked
>> against /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib, this would be a serious bug.
>> If it's Eric's private version, it needs to be rebuilt (or modified
>> with some appropriate tool) so as to link against the version of
>> libXaw3d installed on his computer.
>>
>> -- 
>> Martin
>>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:11:45 +0200
> From: Bruno Voisin <bvoisin at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
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> Le 27 juin 08 ? 10:01, Martin Costabel a ?crit :
>
>> The real problem is that gv is linked to libXaw3d which is not part
>> of Apple's installation of X11 (and never has been). The version of
>> libXaw3d that was installed on the computer where Eric's version of
>> gv was built must have come from some third party that placed it
>> into /usr/X11R6/lib. More recent installations of libXaw3d (for
>> example from Fink) don't do this, they install it somewhere
>> privately, Fink for example in /sw/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib.
>>
>> If this version of gv comes from MacTeX, and if it is really linked
>> against /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.7.dylib, this would be a serious bug.
>> If it's Eric's private version, it needs to be rebuilt (or modified
>> with some appropriate tool) so as to link against the version of
>> libXaw3d installed on his computer.
>
> As far as I know Ghostview is not part of MacTeX. There's an i-Package
> for it, and it requires Xaw3d. From the Readme:
>
> ? Package requires an install of Xaw3d.
>
> Normally i-Installer takes care of such dependencies, by requiring the
> user to install Xaw3d first. Not sure that the OP used i-Installer,
> then.
>
> Bruno Voisin
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:46:51 +0200
> From: Eric van der Oord <eric.vanderoord at free.fr>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
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> G. Wierda's instalI  -- I've just tried -- does not seem adapted to
> Leopard.
>
> Eric
>
> Le 27 juin 08 ? 10:11, Bruno Voisin a ?crit :
>
>> here's an i-Package for it, and it requires Xaw3d. From the Readme:
>>
>> ? Package requires an install of Xaw3d.
>>
>> Normally i-Installer takes care of such dependencies, by requiring
>> the user to install Xaw3d first. Not sure that the OP used i-
>> Installer, then.
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:27:22 +0200
> From: Bruno Voisin <bvoisin at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
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> Le 27 juin 08 ? 12:46, Eric van der Oord a ?crit :
>
>> G. Wierda's instalI  -- I've just tried -- does not seem adapted to
>> Leopard.
>
> You're right, i-Installer fails to install gv on Leopard. Status lines
> yield:
>
> http://www.ntg.nl/macosx-tex/i-packages/gv.ii2/gv.l.bz2 download (255
> Bytes) has started (255 Bytes)
> http://www.ntg.nl/macosx-tex/i-packages/gv.ii2/gv.l.bz2 download (255
> Bytes) has completed (255 Bytes at 2.0 GB per second)
> Checking (required) dependency set 0 (all should be available).
> Reason: X11R6 + Xaw3d needs to be installed on your system
> ## Required  file /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib is available. Good.
> ## Required  file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.dylib is available. Good.
> Dependency requirements fulfilled.
> Starting trueinstall tasks
> Prepare stage completed
> Unarchive stage failed
>
> And corresponding error message is:
>
> /usr/bin/tar: ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults: Cannot open: File  
> exists
>
> I've no idea what that means. Not using gv myself, I can't help.
> Remember moreover the warning in the i-package Readme:
>
> ? NOTE: gv is old and as far as I know not maintained. I had to hack
> around in the sources to get it to work and I will not be able to
> provide decent support.
>
> And that was even before Gerben announced end of support for i-
> Installer.
>
> Bruno Voisin
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:05:46 +0200
> From: Eric van der Oord <eric.vanderoord at free.fr>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
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> Well, goodbye gv!
>
> Thanks to all
>
> Eric
> Le 27 juin 08 ? 13:27, Bruno Voisin a ?crit :
>
>> Le 27 juin 08 ? 12:46, Eric van der Oord a ?crit :
>>
>>> G. Wierda's instalI  -- I've just tried -- does not seem adapted to
>>> Leopard.
>>
>> You're right, i-Installer fails to install gv on Leopard. Status
>> lines yield:
>>
>> http://www.ntg.nl/macosx-tex/i-packages/gv.ii2/gv.l.bz2 download
>> (255 Bytes) has started (255 Bytes)
>> http://www.ntg.nl/macosx-tex/i-packages/gv.ii2/gv.l.bz2 download
>> (255 Bytes) has completed (255 Bytes at 2.0 GB per second)
>> Checking (required) dependency set 0 (all should be available).
>> Reason: X11R6 + Xaw3d needs to be installed on your system
>> ## Required  file /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib is available. Good.
>> ## Required  file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw3d.dylib is available. Good.
>> Dependency requirements fulfilled.
>> Starting trueinstall tasks
>> Prepare stage completed
>> Unarchive stage failed
>>
>> And corresponding error message is:
>>
>> /usr/bin/tar: ./usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults: Cannot open: File
>> exists
>>
>> I've no idea what that means. Not using gv myself, I can't help.
>> Remember moreover the warning in the i-package Readme:
>>
>> ? NOTE: gv is old and as far as I know not maintained. I had to hack
>> around in the sources to get it to work and I will not be able to
>> provide decent support.
>>
>> And that was even before Gerben announced end of support for i-
>> Installer.
>>
>> Bruno Voisin
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> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:28:04 +0200
> From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa at Web.DE>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
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>
> Am 27.06.2008 um 13:27 schrieb Bruno Voisin:
>
>> ? NOTE: gv is old and as far as I know not maintained. I had to
>> hack around in the sources to get it to work and I will not be able
>> to provide decent support.
>
> This message is a few years old and not true today. Fink offers a
> very well working gv (version 3.6.2). It works, on Tiger, better than
> all other PS or PDF viewers ? at least when showing the contents of
> the files is concerned.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
> Claiming that the Macintosh is inferior to Windows because most
> people use Windows, is like saying that all other restaurants serve
> food that is inferior to McDonald's.
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:12:51 +0200
> From: Franck Pastor <franck.pastor at skynet.be>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
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>
> Le 27-juin-08 ? 14:05, Eric van der Oord a ?crit :
>
>> Well, goodbye gv!
>>
>> Thanks to all
>>
>> Eric
>
> Not necessarily goodbye: You still can install Ghostview via Fink or
> MacPorts.
>
> HTH,
>
> Franck Pastor
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:19:53 -0700
> From: Richard Koch <koch at math.uoregon.edu>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Leopard, MacTeX2007 and gv
> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
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> Just to confirm, gv is not installed by MacTeX.
>
> Dick
>
>
>
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