Re: MacOS X App Bundle

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 25, 2012, at 12:21 AM, Thomas Yengst wrote:

> 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

Tom,

How did you run Octave the second time ? Was it still in the DMG, or did you 
copy it to a new location on your HD?

It is possible that my syntax for opening a app only works on Lion.  Does your 
system support "open -F -a <application-name>" ?  What does "man open" say?

Also, how did you enable 64bit support?

Ben

> 
>>>> 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
>