Re: [Jython-dev] FW: Jython installation problem on Mac OSX

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[Jim Harrison]

>Jython gives the following error when attempting to install on Mac OSX (JVM
>1.2):
>
>[jhh:~] harrison% java jython-20a2
>try path /Users/harrison/
>can not get flavour null for os 'Mac_OS_X'
>exception in called method net.sourceforge.liftoff.installer.Install2.main
>java.lang.NullPointerException

I'll look into the exception tomorrow. Until a real solution is
available, you can tell the installer which operating system flavor it
should use on the command line:

   java jython-20a2 -f mac

or

   java jython-20a2 -f unix

I'm not sure which you should use. The mac flavor will not create any
startup scripts, unix will create bourne-shell scripts. I think I have
heard that Mac OSX is somewhat unix-like. Is that correct? If the unix
flavor works, please let me know.

regards,
finn