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) >> > >