[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: intro and a few getting started questions
- From: Laurel <laurel.stockard@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 13:51:42 -0600
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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