[OS X TeX] Optimal Solution for an asymptotemk engine

[Herbert Schulz]

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)