On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:44 AM, John <konaexpr...@mail.com> wrote: > Hi, at the risk of sounding like an idiot, how do you start/find an app > that you installed using MacPorts?
Not all programs are turned into apps that are dumped into the /Applications/MacPorts folder. Some of them are just binaries that reside in /opt/local/bin that you have to launch from the terminal itself. However, there are also some ports (like ImageMagick) that do not build *any* programs that even resemble the package name. Another example is synergy, which builds 2 binaries synergyc and synergys. The "contents" property of the port command takes the guesswork out of all of this. Use the command: "port contents <package>" to list all of the files added/installed for a particular port. In your case port contents koffice I'm guessing you'll see something like /opt/local/bin/<something> (koffice, kwrite, kcalc? I've never used that suite before). Then, just write that as a command on the command-line and it will open the program. Hope this helps, Jason I am not new t Macs but I am new to the unix side of it. Using MacPorts is > the first time I have ever used the terminal in about 12 years of using a > Mac. I installed Macports and then installed Koffice but I can not find an > icon to start it. Then I downloaded Pallet and I was able to find it in the > MacPort folder and used it to install Geany so I can learn Python. Pallet > can not find Koffice in it's listings, it also said that I installed Geany > but I can not find the "Launcher" for it. Do I have to use the term to start > a program? If so, what do I put in? i.e. "start" or "begin" and then the app > name? > > > Thanks for the help guys -John > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > macports-users@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users > > -- Jason M. Swails Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida Ph.D. Candidate 352-392-4032
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