[brailleblaster] Re: Howto Compile BrailleBlaster for Mac OS X on the Command Line

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:49:29 -0500

If you have compilations of the liblouis and liblouisutdml libraries for 
your platform the translate subcommand will produce .brl files. 

The build files for liblouis-2.dll already work and are in the 
repository. Those for liblouisutdml.dll are also in the repository, but 
I haven't been able to test the dll because it can't find its 
dependencies. I've asked Bert Frees to take a look. As soon as 
liblouisutdmlo.dll works I will activate the open and translate items on 
the BrailleBlaster menu.

John

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 04:56:27PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> Hi John and All,
> 
> I've been away from the Braille Blaster list for a while, so I have missed 
> some things.
> 
> Fr instance, what exactly works with  Braille Blaster at the moment?
> 
> I need to be able to produce *.brl files for my embosser. Can anyone let me 
> know if this works yet.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Alex,
> 
> 
> On 2011-07-12, at 3:57 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> 
> > I'm glad you have it working. We'll make some accommodations for various 
> > platforms in the Java code.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:36:44PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> Just to add to my last message, the "Exit" menu  item is redundant on Mac 
> >> OS X.
> >> 
> >> There is a "Quit" menu item in the "Application" Menu.
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> Alex,
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 2011-07-12, at 3:00 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >> 
> >>> I think you just need to get the SWT jar for the Mac and put it in 
> >>> brailleblaster/dist/lib I can't remember the URL offhand. It's too big 
> >>> to send as an attachment.
> >>> 
> >>> John
> >>> 
> >>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 02:22:05PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> >>>> Hi Crhis,
> >>>> 
> >>>> That fixed it.
> >>>> 
> >>>> However, running "Java jar BrailleBlaster.jar" gives the following:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jar
> >>>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: jar
> >>>>  at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
> >>>>  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> >>>>  at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
> >>>>  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
> >>>>  at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
> >>>>  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
> >>>> Alexs-iMac:dist AlexJ$ 
> >>>> 
> >>>> I'm not sure why this is occuring.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Alex,
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> On 2011-07-12, at 8:44 AM, Chris von See wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Extracting the BrailleBlaster zip file using Springy gives "permission 
> >>>>> denied" errors on each item in the archive.  However, downloading the 
> >>>>> archive from "www.brailleblaster.org" and using the "sudo unzip 
> >>>>> brailleblaster-1.0.0.zip" command I was able to extract the archive, 
> >>>>> and upon doing so I noticed that the "brailleblaster" directory and all 
> >>>>> of its subdirectories and files have no permissions (that is, there are 
> >>>>> no user/group/world permission bits set).  Using "sudo chmod -R" with 
> >>>>> appropriate permissions fixed the problem.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I'm running Mac OS X Leopard.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Cheers
> >>>>> Chris
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 7:33 AM, Cheryl Ann Homiak wrote:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> There is indeed a problem with the brailleblaster release on the Mac. 
> >>>>>> When I unzipped it in terminal using the zip command, it unzipped but 
> >>>>>> crashed terminal. I could then only remove the resulting 
> >>>>>> brailleblaster directory by using the sudo command. When I tried going 
> >>>>>> into finder and using Unarchiver, I heard "Unarchiver" but never found 
> >>>>>> an open unarchiver window and the brailleblaster zip file seems to now 
> >>>>>> have disappeared from the directory I had it in and no brailleblaster 
> >>>>>> directory was completed. I am using an Intel Mac mini running Snow 
> >>>>>> Leopard and am not generally having problems unpacking zip files 
> >>>>>> either with unzip or Unarchiver. Not only do I have the basic Unix 
> >>>>>> system that comes with the Mac, but I also have Macports and fink 
> >>>>>> installed. To have a compiling problem is one thing but there really 
> >>>>>> shouldn't be a problem with just unzipping a zip file.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> -- 
> >>>>>> Cheryl
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> "Let the words of my mouth,
> >>>>>> and the meditation of my heart,
> >>>>>> be acceptable in thy sight,
> >>>>>> O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer."
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> (Psalm 19:14: Bible KJV)
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> -- 
> >>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> >>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> >>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> >>> Developing software for people with disabilities
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> > 
> > -- 
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> > 
> > 
> 

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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