#937 minsky install unsuccessful on mac

[John Greene]

i downloaded the minsky .pkg file onto my mac. i double clicked the icon (while it was still in the downloads folder) and got a dialog that said it would guide me through install. i followed prompts and it said it successfully installed minsky. a minsky icon appeared in my apps folder, but when i double click the icon, the mac acts like it's starting a new app - icons move over for a second in dock - but then no new app icon appears on the dock and the other icons move back. i look in 'force quit' and there is no entry for minsky, i.e., minsky is apparently not running. i also tried double clicking a minsky file i downloaded, to see if that would invoke minsky, no luck.

please advise - maybe i am not doing the install process correctly?

thanks
j

[John Greene]

my mac is running 10.13.6, mac OS high sierra

[John Greene]

the pkg i downloaded (today) is minsky-2.8-mac-dist.pkg

[High Performance Coder]

This is a dup of https://sourceforge.net/p/minsky/tickets/918/

I'll post some more information on that ticket.

[John Greene]

thanks hpc,

i followed the instrux you gave in the dup, copied items from lib to macOS folder. now minsky opens.

however, i tried to open a .mky file i had previously downloaded and that file didn't work (it opened but minsky crashed). i don't know if the file i downloaded has a problem or if something else is wrong with my install. now i'm seeing if i can create a model in the work canvas - just starting with minsky so it will take a while to figure it out. i will also try downloading other examples and see if they run.

thanks for your help!
j

[John Greene]

i was getting crashes so i deleted (uninstalled) and reinstalled minsky. (including copy paste of lib items to MacOS folder). then i downloaded a different model, one that steve keen had posted at patreon. this model is called Model00HouseholdsFirmsGovernmentMaxMinGDP.mky.

the model is running now. minsky install seems successful.

thanks again for your help,
j