Ahh, security! I'm reminded of Dilbert's preventer of IT guy. Thanks, I will move J around.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 9:54 AM Norman Drinkwater <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -- John D. Baker [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
