I really don't know what the problem might be, though I suspect pkgconfig or libtool. It might be a good idea to start a new thread on adaptations to BrailleBlaster that are needed for the Mac. A lot of people may have gotten tired of this thread and are no longer reading it. John On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 09:36:54PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > Hi John and All, > > I have Liblouis compiled. > > However, after following the "Readme.mac" file for LibLouisUTDML, I get the > following: > > Command: ./configure > > > checking whether to build static libraries... yes > checking for help2man... no > checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/bin/pkg-config > ./configure: line 14441: syntax error near unexpected token > `BASE_DEPENDENCIES,' > ./configure: line 14441: `PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BASE_DEPENDENCIES, liblouis, > libxml-2.0)' > > I cloned the repository. > > Any help with this is greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 2011-07-12, at 8:02 PM, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > Sure. I can do that, but I'm working with Windows and maybe Linux. So it > > will have to wait until the Windows binaries are working and I can see > > what happens. Sure wish I had a Mac laptop-desktop-replacement. > > > > John > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 07:18:33PM -0700, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> Hi John, > >> > >> Just one more thing. Can we activate the menu items once the Mac > >> dependancies are working? > >> > >> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > 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