Hi Wuhib, If these problems persist, instead of relying on Bruce or others, perhaps consider running a free virtual machine of windows to install Demeter. I have a Mac as a main computer and run the software through virtual Windows machine without much of problem.
Just a thought, Chris Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Wuhib Tamrat <tam...@cerege.fr> wrote: > > I am assuming the obvious way to execute “Artemis” and “Hephaestus” you were > talking about would be to do the same thing as “Athena”; that is to type the > name of the software and execute. But, I have tried that for both and it did > not work. So I will wait for a response from a Mac expert on that. > > And when the program becomes unresponsive you guessed error messages might be > displayed on the terminal window which I neglected to include in my previous > mail. But no error messages exist. > > Thank you > > Wuhib > > >> On 26 Oct 2015, at 14:35, Bruce Ravel <bra...@bnl.gov> wrote: >> >> >> I am going to preface this comment, as I do with many about the Mac >> package, by reminding you that I do not own a Mac and do not have any >> personal experience running my own software on a Mac. The Mac package >> is graciously maintained by Joe Fowler, not because it is in his job >> description to do so, but because he is a good and helpful guy. >> >> >>> _Problem 2:_ Initially I tried installing the “demeter” suit via >>> ‘Terminal’ as specified in the site >>> [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'. >> >> So .... do I understand this correctly? The program "Athena" is >> executed by typing "athena" at the command line and your question is >> about how to start "Artemis" or "Hephaestus"? >> >> I would think that the answer was obvious, but perhaps one of the Mac >> users on the list could weight in. >> >> >>> _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. >> >> If you start Athena from the terminal, it should write error messages >> to the terminal when it runs into problems. This is explained in some >> detail here: http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/pods/bugs.pod.html >> and here: http://bruceravel.github.com/demeter/pods/help.pod.html >> >> A useful, actionable bug report would include those error messages, >> which tend to be a lot more helpful for me than this sort of >> narrative, which is hard for me to understand. >> >> B >> >> -- >> Bruce Ravel ------------------------------------ bra...@bnl.gov >> >> National Institute of Standards and Technology >> Synchrotron Science Group at NSLS-II >> Building 535A >> Upton NY, 11973 >> >> Homepage: http://bruceravel.github.io/home/ >> Software: https://github.com/bruceravel >> Demeter: http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Ifeffit mailing list >> Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov >> http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit > > > _______________________________________________ > Ifeffit mailing list > Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit _______________________________________________ Ifeffit mailing list Ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit