Thanks for that. I did as you suggested and it did not find liblouis which would suggest that the liblouis build is not working right. All of this could be avoided if I could get build an installer. Sent from my iPhone Greg Kearney Association for the Blind of Western Australia On 24/11/2012, at 8:57 AM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I am not certain why liblouisutdml is not building for you, personally I find > the make stuff complicated and hard to work with and I am a software > developer. > > One thing I did notice, your line for checking the packages would not find > liblouis, grep xml will find lines containing xml, so liblouis would not show > up. You would need to change grep xml to grep louis to search for liblouis. > > What does > pkg-config --list-all | grep louis > give? If that says liblouis is installed then it seems as if the > liblouisutdml build stuff is broken. > > Michael Whapples > On 23/11/2012 23:15, Greg Kearney wrote: >> OK for some reason even after doing a new compile and install pkconfig will >> not find the libouis materials here is what I get: >> >> pkg-config --list-all | grep xml >> libxml-2.0 libXML - libXML library version2. >> >> I have always been concerned about the complexity of getting all of this >> working. I'm a librarian not a computer programer and while I have better >> than average skills for my trade I know that many potential users would >> never be able to handle this. It's driving me crazy! >> >> So here is my offer. If someone will send me all the files in the correct >> folder structure for an intel Mac I will build a proper installer that will >> permit mear mortals to install and be able to use liblouis. I know that >> BrailleBaster holds out a future hot for this but we have people who really >> just need this now. >> >> Here is the steps I have followed so far with no results. >> >> 1. made sure I had pkg-config install and running. I do the following: >> set PKGCONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig >> export PKGCONFIG_PATH >> >> pkg-config --list-all | grep xml >> libxml-2.0 libXML - libXML library version2. >> >> Note that it says I have libxml-2.0 >> >> 2. downloaded the current versions of liblouis , liblouis-2.5.1 and >> liblouisutdml, liblouisutdml-2.3.0 >> >> 3. configure make and make install liblouis. Everything went fine. >> >> Again I run: >> >> pkg-config --list-all | grep xml >> libxml-2.0 libXML - libXML library version2. >> >> Note I still do not have the liblouis package. Why is that? So I go on >> >> 4. configure liblouisutdml-2.3.0 I get the following: >> >> >> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes >> checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES... configure: error: Package requirements >> (liblouis, libxml-2.0) were not met: >> >> No package 'liblouis' found >> >> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you >> installed software in a non-standard prefix. >> >> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables BASE_DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS >> and BASE_DEPENDENCIES_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. >> See the pkg-config man page for more details. >> >> >> The fact of the matter is I am willing to build a proper macOS installer >> that will put everything it it place that will permit people to install and >> test liblouis and use it but I need to have all the files compiled and ready >> to install sent to me. There is only so many hours int eh day and this is >> just driving me crazy every time I have to go through all this. I >> need to produce Braille here. >> >> Can anyone help me? >> >> >> >> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media >> Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA >> PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100 >> Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au >> Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America) >> Email: greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Email: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx >> >> On 23/11/2012, at 6:43 PM, "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> exprot PKGCONFIG_PATH >