Re: Frecobaldi 2 Mac OS X install guide

[Jacques Menu]

Hello Silvan,

Trick (dating back from the NeXT era) : in the Terminal, type ‘cd ‘ (with the 
space) and drag a folder icon from a nearby Finder window on the same line: the 
path to the folder comes as the text argument to ‘cd’.

Enjoy!

JM


> Le 18 nov. 2014 à 13:57:19, Philippe Massart <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> Hello,
> 
> There is another way to install Frescobaldi since I wrote this guide (via 
> Macports, for frescobaldi too) if you prefer. In that case, you just have to 
> type:
> sudo port install frescobaldi
> 
> Meanwhile, I'll try to explain more precisely what to do in you case:
> 
> Obviously, the Terminal doesn't find the files you downloaded. So, you have 
> to check where they are on your hard drive and go to that folder using the 
> Terminal. If the folder is in the Download folder, the command to go there is 
> the one I show. If it's on the Desktop, the command would be cd 
> Desktop/python-poppler-qt4-0.16.3
> 
> Then the python setup.py command should work fine
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Philippe
> 
> 
>> Le 18 nov. 2014 à 12:21, signorpantofola <address@hidden> a écrit :
>> 
>> Hi Philippe, thanks for your post. Hopefully I can finally install
>> frescobaldi on my computer (10.10.1). 
>> Unfortunately, i am getting stuck after I download this link :
>> https://python-poppler-qt4.googlecode.com/files/python-poppler-qt4-0.16.3.tar.gz
>> 
>> I double-click to unzip, get the folder... then I don't understand this
>> instruction : "In the Terminal you have to go to the folder where it was
>> unzipped (for instance cd Downloads/python-poppler-qt4-0.16.3 )" 
>> Is there actually something to do before I run the next two commands : 
>> "python setup.py build" and "sudo python setup.py install" 
>> At this point, if I try to run these commands, it says "no such file..." 
>> 
>> Sorry if my question seems dumb, I am obviously not very literate with
>> computers... 
>> 
>> Thanks! 
>> 
>> Silvan.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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