[OS X TeX] i-installer and autotrace

[Stephen Moye]

On Jul 4, 2005, at 8:01 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

> 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.
>

I've been repairing privileges a lot lately, but ran it again,  
rebooted -- and got the same error. I uninstalled freetype2 and  
autotrace and reinstalled -- got the same error.

Later --

I've been looking at a G4 powerbook on which autotrace does work. In / 
usr/local/lib there *is* a file ibfreetype6.dylib which is missing in  
the G5 desktop that is having the problem. Also missing is  
ibfreetype6.3.4.dylib. Grasping at straws -- is there a problem with  
i-installer and G5/Tiger?

SGM

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