Re: MacOS X App Bundle

[Thomas Yengst]

On Jun 24, 2012, at 4:16 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Jun 24, 2012, at 07:00 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 24, 2012, at 6:53 PM, Thomas Yengst wrote:
>> 
>> >> 
>> >> On Jun 24, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Thomas Yengst wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>> 
>> >>> On Jun 24, 2012, at 10:00 AM, address@hidden wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>>> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:51:27 -0400
>> >>>> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
>> >>>> To: "address@hidden mailing list" <address@hidden>
>> >>>> Subject: MacOS X App Bundle
>> >>>> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
>> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> I've added a page to the wiki describing my approach to using MacPorts 
>> >>>> to produce a bundle for MacOS X.
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Create_a_MacOS_X_App_Bundle_Using_MacPorts
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> I've also placed a copy of my latest attempt in my DropBox. The link is 
>> >>>> below for anyone who would like to try it out (pls report back). This 
>> >>>> version is build from the developers sources (not from released 
>> >>>> sources).
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14845154/Octave-X86_64-3.7.0%2B.dmg
>> >>>> 
>> >>>> Ben
>> >>> 
>> >>> Ben - nice set of instructions. I didn't try them all, but the process 
>> >>> was easy to follow and seems to navigate the subtleties of OS-X.
>> >>> 
>> >>> Macbook Pro 10.6.8 Core-2 Duo 2.5 GHz
>> >>> 64-bit enabled
>> >>> 4 GB RAM
>> >>> MacPorts base version 2.1.1 downloaded and upgraded before trying Octave 
>> >>> 3.7.0
>> >>> No Fink
>> >>> No Homebrew
>> >>> Xcode 4.2
>> >>> 
>> >>> ran Octave 3.7.0 from within the DMG file (i.e., didn't copy to the hard 
>> >>> drive) - no luck; all menus were grayed out. Hard to say what it was 
>> >>> waiting for; as the Activity Monitor showed only 7 MB of RAM (5 threads) 
>> >>> being used and 0.1% CPU.
>> >>> 
>> >>> Copied to a folder (2 GB worth) - same response. No octave shell opens.
>> >>> I clobbered my .octaverc, but not change in behaviour
>> >>> 
>> >>> let me know what I can do help diagnose the problem.
>> >>> 
>> >>> Tom
>> >> 
>> >> Tom,
>> >> 
>> >> Thanks for the quick look. The size is a bit weird. When I download the 
>> >> DMG, the Finder tells me it is almost 2GB, but when it is finished 
>> >> downloading and I've placed the app in /Applications it is only 632MB.
>> >> 
>> >> In any event, I've placed a 2nd one on DropBox that fixes some problems 
>> >> with setting up the environment for AquaTerm, Gnuplot and Ghostscript.
>> >> 
>> >> Regarding the grayed out menus, what do you refer to ?
>> >> 
>> >> When I run Octave-3.7.0+.app from the DMG, I encounter three warnings 
>> >> about applications (the app, the app's Octave shell script, and AquaTerm) 
>> >> having been downloaded and am asked if it is ok to open them. That slows 
>> >> down the startup time (takes a couple of minutes), but eventually it does 
>> >> run for me.
>> >> 
>> >> When it is run, the Octave icon should show up, then the Terminal.app, 
>> >> next AquaTerm.app, and finally Octave runs.
>> >> 
>> >> Ben
>> > 
>> > When I started Octave, I didn't have anything else open up, meaning it was 
>> > just the App. After opening Octave, no terminal, no aquaterm... just 
>> > grayed out menu items under File, Edit, and Window. The only thing that 
>> > wasn't grayed out was File-Print, which brought up a print dialog box. 
>> > Given that there was 2 GB worth of stuff in the bundle, this must be a 
>> > missing connection kind of thing. I can see that all the dependencies are 
>> > there.
>> > 
>> > I do have AquaTerm and Gnuplot installed in the /Applications folder, but 
>> > I thought the whole idea of a Mac bundle is to have all the dependencies 
>> > in one place under a root tree.
>> > 
>> > Is the second version of your Octave-3.7.0 at a different Dropbox location 
>> > or the same link as originally posted (i.e., 
>> > https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14845154/Octave-X86_64-3.7.0%2B.dmg)?
>> > 
>> > cheers
>> > Tom
>> 
>> The newer version is at the same location.
>> 
>> The bundle uses a shell script that launches Octave and should isolate it 
>> from everything on your system.
>> 
>> The script is at the link below.
>> 
>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=MacOS_X_App_Octave_Shell_Script
>> 
>> I also have AquaTerm and Gnuplot in my Applications folder, but the bundle 
>> does not use them.
>> 
>> I don't know what to think about your experience. I'll be able to do more 
>> testing on other Macs this week. Maybe I'll encounter something similar?
>> 
>> Ben
>  
> On an old MacBook 2GHz Intel Core Duo running 10.6.8, the app seems to 
> launch. Ultimately the icon bounces on the then settles on the Dock.
> 
> However, nothing else happens. So I tried to run the bundled Octave from the 
> Terminal's command liine.
> 
> $ cd /Applications/Octave-3.7.0+.app/Contents/Resources/bin/
> $ ./octave
> The application cannot be opened because it has an incorrect executable 
> format.
> ./octave: line 124: 
> /Applications/Octave-3.7.0+.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave-3.7.0+: Bad CPU 
> type in executable
> 
> As soon as I get this error the icon on the Dock disappears.
> 
> Ben
> 
> 


OK - a bit of progress. I ran Octave-3.7.0+.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave 
from the DMG file and after 15 seconds of grinding, Aquaterm launched and I got 
an Octave prompt. - Octave was configured for "x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.0".
plotting with gnuplot worked. Some simple test scripts worked.
Aquaterm was the one distributed with the DMG - that's good.

After exit, a 2nd start likewise took about 15 seconds to get to an octave 
prompt. Lots of grinding going on somewhere.

Something about the launch from a double click isn't letting it get to 
launching the actual application.
Tom

>>> Macbook Pro 10.6.8 Core-2 Duo 2.5 GHz
>>> 64-bit enabled
>>> 4 GB RAM
>>> MacPorts base version 2.1.1 downloaded and upgraded before trying Octave 
>>> 3.7.0
>>> No Fink
>>> No Homebrew
>>> Xcode 4.2