[OS X TeX] Optimal Solution for an asymptotemk engine
Herbert Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com
Sun Apr 11 20:44:27 CEST 2010
On Apr 11, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Vic Norton wrote:
> I'd be very interested if someone could give me a clue on how to build asymptote on OS X 10.6. I've had no luck so far.
>
> The commands
> $ sudo tar -C / -zxf asymptote-1.91.i386.tgz
> $ texhash
> (from the directory containing asymptote-1.91.i386.tgz) seem to work, but
> $ asy
> just produces the complaint
> -bash: /usr/local/bin/asy: cannot execute binary file
> Curiously, the command
> $xasy
> opens up a Python graphics window which seems to work fine.
>
> I have had no luck with try to make asymptote from the source archive
> asymptote-1.91.src.tgz
> The command
> $ make all
> (after ./configure) always ends with
> In file included from mach_dep.c:163:
> /usr/include/ucontext.h:42:2: error: #error ucontext routines are deprecated, and require _XOPEN_SOURCE to be defined
> make[2]: *** [mach_dep.lo] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
>
> Any ideas on how to install asymptote would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Presumably I could install version 1.88 with MacPorts. If I were to do this, I should probably get rid of the asymptote stuff that doesn't work, which I've already installed. The Asymptote users guide suggests doing
> $ tar -zxvf asymptote-1.91.i386.tgz | xargs --replace=% rm /%
> $ texthash
> from the directory containing asymptote-1.91.i386.tgz. The first line doesn't work on my system. Would
> $ tar -zxvf asymptote-1.91.i386.tgz | xargs -J % rm %
> accomplish the same thing?
>
> Regards,
>
> Vic
>
Howdy,
Version 1.88 is already installed with MacTeX(TeX Live)-2009. Unfortunately is seems to report kpsewhich & pdftex crashes in the Console.log (not the console window in Terminal) although things seem to work in the end. I assume there is a bug in 1.88.
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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