[liblouis-liblouisxml] Liblouis configure issue on mac os 10.10 was Re: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: intro and a few getting started questions
- From: Laurel <laurel.stockard@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 16:22:47 -0600
Gentlemen,
I got the Texinfo 5.2 symlink complete, and I also made the changes to
the configure ac file that were listed in the latest commit on Github.
Still nothing worked, I got the same makeinfo version 5 required error
and Liblouis failed to configure. Next I changed the configure ac file
to make makeinfo version required as 4.8 instead of 5, and no dice. I
still got the same message. I literally don't know what else to do to
get this to configure on my mac. I know my texinfo 5.2 is no longer
the issue. Help?
Laurel
On 1/5/15, Laurel <laurel.stockard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok, after performing the command
> sudo chown -R laurelwheeler /usr/local
> and then
> sudo chmod -R u+w /usr/local
> I got them all to symlink.
> Then I went and tried to configure Liblouis and got the same Makeinfo
> version 5.0 required message, so I will do some more digging and
> figure out what to do next.
> Laurel
>
> On 1/5/15, Laurel <laurel.stockard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ok I see what you are saying, I typed that in and got
>>
>> Laurels-MBP:downloads laurelwheeler$ brew link --overwrite --force
>> texinfo
>> Linking /usr/local/Cellar/texinfo/5.2...
>> Error: Could not symlink share/texinfo/DebugTexinfo/DebugCount.pm
>> /usr/local/share/texinfo/DebugTexinfo is not writable.
>>
>>
>> so, I guess back to the drawing board for me. When I navigate through
>> my folders I can find the homebrew folder under library and cashes or
>> something like this, I've not found any texinfo or makeinfo files
>> anywhere else. Ah well, more research for me. I swear, when I finally
>> get Liblouis installed, I will be the happiest ever! I've almost
>> entirely written up what would go in the new Armenian braille table,
>> so I have the information all written down because I read the Liblouis
>> tutorials and everything, so literally this is the only thing keeping
>> me from succeeding with my entire project. I will not give up though.
>> Laurel
>>
>> On 1/5/15, Bert Frees <bertfrees@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi Laurel,
>>>
>>> Homebrew suggests you force the linking because the formula is
>>> "keg-only",
>>> and
>>> that you overwrite any files already installed, because you've manually
>>> tried to
>>> install texinfo:
>>>
>>> brew link --overwrite --force texinfo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Laurel and Stockard writes:
>>>
>>>> I tried switching the makeinfo req version from 5 to 4.8 in configure,
>>>> didn't
>>>> work. I think my problem is symlinking texinfo 5.2 to my original
>>>> makeinfo
>>>> on
>>>> my computer, see my other email for more. I did download the OS fix
>>>> from
>>>> github. Hopefully I can get this going at some point.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Laurel
>>>
>>> Laurel and Stockard writes:
>>>
>>>> I downloaded the latest fix from github like you all suggested. I still
>>>> get
>>>> the same makeinfo 5.0 error. So, I downloaded Homebrew like one of you
>>>> gentlemen suggested and used that to install texinfo 5.2. I followed
>>>> the
>>>> directions that someone here on list gave me, I can't remember who but
>>>> thank
>>>> you for this, and I have one error message that I can't figure out how
>>>> to
>>>> work
>>>> around. I'm going to paste my terminal window below, and if one of you
>>>> could
>>>> help me out with this, I would really be grateful. For what it's worth,
>>>> I've
>>>> tried to search the web for a fix before emailing the list with it.
>>>> Assuming
>>>> this solves the entire issue, and I'll let you all know if it does, I
>>>> would
>>>> suggest that somehow you make note of the need for texinfo 5.0 in
>>>> Liblouis's
>>>> documentation and maybe even include a suggestion for how to get it. I
>>>> think
>>>> other users, especially future users who are mac users, would find it
>>>> helpful. :-) Here's my terminal window below.
>>>>
>>>> Last login: Wed Dec 31 13:19:06 on ttys000
>>>> Laurels-MBP:~ laurelwheeler$ brew link texinfo --force
>>>> Linking /usr/local/Cellar/texinfo/5.2...
>>>> Error: Could not symlink bin/info
>>>> Target /usr/local/bin/info
>>>> already exists. You may want to remove it:
>>>> rm '/usr/local/bin/info'
>>>>
>>>> To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
>>>> brew link --overwrite texinfo
>>>>
>>>> To list all files that would be deleted:
>>>> brew link --overwrite --dry-run texinfo
>>>> Laurels-MBP:~ laurelwheeler$ brew link --overwrite texinfo
>>>> Warning: texinfo is keg-only and must be linked with --force
>>>> Note that doing so can interfere with building software.
>>> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
>>> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>>
>>
>
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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