Hi all,
This is with regard to an installation problem that I am facing at the moment
on my Mac. Sorry, if this is too basic a problem and the email is spamming your
mail box. Below are specifics of three fold problems that I would be happy if I
could find a solution for at least one.
Problem1: I am working on El Capitan (the latest Mac Operating System) and what
I guess the problem to be is compatibility issues with the different required
components (X11, XQuartz and Aqua term). And may be with the required macports
as well.
I installed using the disk image provided on
http://cars9.uchicago.edu/ifeffit/Downloads
<http://cars9.uchicago.edu/ifeffit/Downloads> and had followed all the
instructions given. I see that the latest OS available is for ‘Snow Leopard’
but the package works well on colleagues’ computers with latter versions of mac
OS.
The problem is that all get installed but when I open the software suit, the
initial small window that has the three individual programs opens but what ever
I do to it afterwards it does not open into anything else.
There is also the option to choose a file. So I navigate and choose a file
thinking it will help pushing the program to open but that leads to nowhere as
well.
So, I am wondering if anybody had faced similar problem installing on the
latest versions of mac OS and has a solution.
Problem 2: Initially I tried installing the “demeter” suit via ‘Terminal’ as
specified in the site [http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/
<http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/>]. By writing a command on Terminal as
opposed to with a disc image as in the case of Problem 1). My operating system
at that time was Yosemite. All worked as explained on the website, even writing
“athena” on a terminal window calls the program Athena. But that is just it,
no explanation as how to call Artemis or Hephaestus exist on the site.
So I am wondering if the installation procedure given on the site works also
with the other two programs and if so, is there a way to open them or call them
via ’Terminal'.
Problem 3: My last problem was when Athena closed unexpectedly. As most
programs, Athena had an auto recover option which opens when it is restarted.
But this time the auto recover option always comes up and this option renders
the whole program inactive; “Application Not Responding”. Every time I open
Athena, “Auto recover” option comes up and Athena become unresponsive. I tried
updating the software in hope of changing something but that did not change
anything. Uninstalling it is also a problem because there were no files that I
could find to uninstall from or delete. I could not find the location where
terminal installed the “Demeter” suit. There is a way to delete on terminal by
writing “Sudo rm-rf/file name” but that is not removing “demeter” either.
And yes, I have consulted the IT/informatics people at my institution and they
were no help.
I thank you in advance for any suggestion or similar experience sharing. And
also for baring with me reading this long mail.
Regards
Wuhib
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