Explanation is here https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/415964/what-does-it-mean-to-give-apps-access-to-documents-folder-on-mac Explicit permission is required for apps to access the Documents folder. Putting j902 in home, or a different folder there will make it work. Norman
On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 10:49 AM Norman Drinkwater <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, that's it! I tried a fresh install to the equivalent Documents > subfolder and jqt fails to start. Running ./jqt from the bin directory > shows that it can't find the Qt plugins folder (even though it's there). > Moving the j902 folder to your home folder should make it work if you > followed the steps in my earlier email. I'll see if I can figure out why > the documents folder is treated in a different way than the home folder. > Norman > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 10:34 AM John Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks all, >> >> Norman, I put the J zip binaries in this directory >> >> /Users/johnbaker/Documents/j64/j902 >> >> I got most things working - only jqt is mia. >> >> I was wondering if Documents is treated differently by macOS. What >> does a typical macOS path (as shown by pwd) look like? >> >> John >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 8:32 AM Norman Drinkwater >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > macOS for Catalina and later require a couple of extra steps to install >> > QtIDE because of security changes to the OS. Try the following: >> > 1. Download j902_mac64.zip from jsoftware. Unzip and place the folder in >> > your home directory. >> > 2. Open a terminal in the j902 folder. Run >> > ./macos-fix.command >> > 3. Start jconsole using the jcon icon in the j902 folder. >> > 4. In jconsole, run the following >> > load'pacman' >> > 'install' jpkg '*' >> > All of the addons as well as the jqt binaries and Qt libraries will be >> > installed. >> > exit the terminal with exit'' >> > 5. Run jqt using the jqt icon in the j902 folder. After a bit, you >> should >> > see the jqt terminal. >> > You should be able to run the commands: >> > wd'version' >> > 1.9.2/5.12.10(5.12.10) >> > 9!:14'' >> > j902/j64avx2/darwin/release-b/commercial/ >> > www.jsoftware.com/2021-02-18T13:05:10/clang-12-0-0/SLEEF=1 >> > >> > Norman >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 11:27 AM John Baker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > Greetings all, >> > > >> > > I managed to setup j 9.02 on a Big Sur macos intel machine and get >> jconsole >> > > and JHS running, but I've had no luck with JQT however. pacman >> downloaded >> > > the binaries and I see them in the J bin directory but attempts to >> run JQT >> > > don't even throw up - "you're doing it all wrong errors." I suspect >> macos >> > > is attempting to protect me from running software Apple does not >> collect >> > > royalties on. >> > > >> > > I'm not a fan of the security obstacles current OSs are throwing up >> when it >> > > comes to installing software! I was able to override the script >> blocks and >> > > get the non JQT parts of J running but any advice from J users of >> recent >> > > macos versions would be appreciated. >> > > >> > > I'm really looking forward to setting up Linux virtual machines on >> this >> > > thing ---- not! >> > > >> > > -- >> > > John D. Baker >> > > [email protected] >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > For information about J forums see >> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> >> >> -- >> John D. Baker >> [email protected] >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
