Re: gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf and PCB on OS X

2010-08-15 Thread Gareth Edwards
Thanks for all the inputs, all valuable. I'd like to maintain the fiction that I might hack on gEDA development properly one day so I'm going to do two things: 1) install it on an Ubuntu VM anyway, as I don't want to be that far away from a Linux install for other reasons and 2) have a crack at

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf and PCB on OS X

2010-08-15 Thread Steven Michalske
Here is how i do it. Use macports to install it the first time. sudo port install geda-gaf Then build the packages from source use git ;-) and fun. On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Gareth Edwards gar...@edwardsfamily.org.uk wrote: Thanks for all the inputs, all valuable. I'd like to

gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf and PCB on OS X

2010-08-14 Thread Gareth Edwards
I've just ordered a new laptop and have gone over to the Dark Side. What's the latest best-practice for building and/or running gEDA/gaf and pcb on OS X? From my minimal knowledge, my options are: 1) VirtualBox an Ubuntu guest OS. This is my fallback, and is how I've been running gEDA on WinXP

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf and PCB on OS X

2010-08-14 Thread John Doty
On Aug 14, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Gareth Edwards wrote: 2) Fink. I think John Doty uses this, and there is still a link to Jon Schneider's build instructions using Fink on the wiki You don't need to build it unless you want to run a development version. Charles Lepple does a great job of

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf and PCB on OS X

2010-08-14 Thread Mark Anderson
I'm the maintainer of the geda-gaf port on MacPorts and it should install pretty well under both gtk-x11 and gtk-quartz. Actually, let me know if it does not work. Mark On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 5:16 PM, John Doty j...@noqsi.com wrote: On Aug 14, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Gareth Edwards wrote: 2)

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf and PCB on OS X

2010-08-14 Thread Dave N6NZ
On Aug 14, 2010, at 2:16 PM, John Doty wrote: The only real problem with Fink is that it gets itself tied in knots occasionally. Every couple of years, I have to rm -rf /sw and reinstall the whole thing. The only *other* problem with Fink is that is doesn't always play well with