Hi all,

I'm one of many people trying to install Midgard on Mac OS X.

I have GLib, expat and libiconv installed without a hitch (I think), but the
Midgard-lib installer keeps returning this error:

> configure: error: Support for iconv function was not found.
> Install libiconv from http://freshmeat.net/projects/libiconv/ and try again!

Any hints, anyone?

The meaty details:

I installed the GLib 1.2.10 package at http://macosx.forked.net (thanks
Ken!) after failing to install GLib 1.2.8 at the command line (I was getting
a "checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type;
you must specify one" error).

I installed expat 1.95.1 at the command line with no special flags. All
seemed well.

I have installed the libiconv 2.0.4 package from http://macosx.forked.net,
doing this as root as the package installer recommends. I have also
installed libiconv 1.7 at the command line as a regular admin user with no
special flags. During the command line installation I got an "./configure:
cd: no such file or directory: \M-F\M-^R/libiconv-1.7
\M-F</libiconv-1.7/libcharset [6161]" error.

I have attempted to install midgard-lib 1.4.2 at the command line on
numerous occasions, each time getting the "support for iconv function was
not found" error above. Flags I have tried in various combinations include
"--host=powerpc-apple-bsd", "--with-inconv", "--with-inconv=/usr/local/",
"--with-inconv=/usr/local/bin", "--with-inconv=/usr/local/lib",
"--prefix=/usr/local/midgard", "--with-sitegroups",
"--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql" and "--with-expat".

Most Mac users have only been using Unix for as long as we've been using Mac
OS X (less than six months, even if we have many years of Mac experience),
so any guidance the group can offer will be greatly appreciated.
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Steven Noble, Content Consultant (0404 041 928)
Metamedia Solutions (http://www.metamedia.com.au)
PO Box K1300, Haymarket NSW 1240, Australia


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