Re: [Avogadro-Discuss] MacOSX and Avogadro 1.0

[Volker B. <bl...@fh...>]

Hi Geoff,

thanks - the latest nightly build (Feb-05) seems to work flawlessly  
on OSX 10.4.11 ...

all the best
Volker

On Feb 5, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Geoffrey Hutchison wrote:

> I apologize that the discussion about Mac went silent -- I've been  
> buried with work.
>
> Unfortunately, the Mac 1.0.0 binary was built with a slight  
> mistake, and so it does not work on OS 10.4.x. My mistake. This  
> should be fixed in the latest nightly builds.
>
> In fact, for anyone having Mac problems, I'd like you to try a  
> recent build and let me know if they work for you. I'd like to get  
> things cleaned up for an upcoming 1.0.1 release.
>
> http://avogadro.openmolecules.net/nightly/mac/
>
> Thanks very much,
> -Geoff
>
>> I, too, have problems with Avogadro 1.0 on non-current versions of  
>> OS X, as reported by others in this thread.
>> 10.6.2: Everything is fine.
>> 10.5.8: Program runs but the titles in the menu bar are all  
>> preceded by "&".
>> 10.4.11: Program crashes on startup, before bringing up any  
>> window. The system log says:
> ...
>> My guess is that the binary contains some dependencies on system  
>> libraries that differ between OS versions. Would it be possible to  
>> provide an OS-independent binary? Of course I could go out and  
>> compile the whole thing myself, but ready-made binaries are so  
>> convenient ;-)
>
>

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