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

  • From: Alex Jurgensen <asquared21@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:06:21 -0700

Hi John,

Do you have the Mac binaries for those ttwo libraries?

Regards,
Alex,


On 2011-07-12, at 5:49 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:

> 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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