Re: [Swarm-Support] OSX LION INSTALLATION

[Scott Christley]

Hello Fran,

It is possible to compile Swarm for a native intel install on OSX, however the 
full capabilities of Swarm are not available (graphics and probes are missing). 
 It is a development version, and has not been tested on 10.7 Lion only 10.6.  
You can develop native OSX graphics with Swarm, that's what I have done but 
there some issues not completely resolved.

Version 2.4.1 is the most stable and should give you all the capabilities, so a 
virtual machine might be the best choice.

One caveat, 64-bit Java Swarm does not work.  This is an issue with a 3rd-party 
library.  You are okay if you stick with Objective-C Swarm but if you intend to 
use Java then you should install a 32-bit Linux.

Scott


On Dec 15, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Paul Johnson wrote:

> On 12/14/2011 04:41 PM, FRANCISCO SALGADO CERREDELO wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> I have collected almost all documentation around on Swarm and still don't 
>> know whether it is possible to install swarm without the rossetta 
>> translation libs. I mean, a native intel install on OSX. This is because I 
>> already upgraded to OSX 10.7 Lion and in that version Rosetta is discarded.
>> 
>> So, I'm wondering if  using 2.4.1 version of Swarm can go directly to intel 
>> code.
>> My alternatives are using virtual machines of OSX 10.6.8  or virtual 
>> machines of a Linux distro ( Have several, including Ubuntu 64, Fedora 64, 
>> Mandrivia, Open Suse, etc, using Vmware Fusion and my mac.
>> My preference goes to OSX since I already have some knowledge of Xcode.
>> 
>> I asking you, then, if it is productive to spend my time trying on Xcode 4.1 
>> and Lion or  shall I go to a virtual installation as described above.
>> 
>> Thanks  
> 
> Dear Fran:
> 
> I'm sorry I don't know anything about lions or bears.
> 
> If you decide to go the Linux route, I can make sure you have working 
> packages for Fedora or Ubuntu. Depending on what
> edition you have, I may not currently have packages, but if you decide you 
> need them, I will--like you--install some
> virtual machines and make them.
> 
> Just post here again when you decide on what you will do, and I will look 
> into getting that system set up here.
> 
> pj
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> Fran.
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