[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Installing Staff Client on Mac

[Karen Collier]

Actually, I tried one more thing after sending this and it worked... Sort
of.  These instructions on installing a xulrunner application on Mac helped
out.  http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner:MacFAQ

Following is what I did, what worked, and what didn't work.  If anyone has
any suggestions on what I did wrong or what I might do to make it more
functional, I would love to hear them.

Xulrunner 1.8.1.3 was already installed.  The staff_client folder, missing
the symlinks, and with the build/server folder removed was on the desktop.
(I'm using Evergreen 1.2.0 rc1)  From the terminal, I ran:

/Library/Frameworks/XUL.framework/xulrunner-bin --install-app
~/Desktop/staff_client/build

Which installed the staff client to
/Applications/PINES/open_ils_staff_client.app

>From Finder, I did Go > Applications > PINES > open_ils_staff_client

Which opened the login page.  I entered the info, it connected to the server
okay, and asked me to register the workstation.

First problem:  the dropdown that lets you select which library you're
registering this for wouldn't drop down, so you could only register to the
top consortial level (this isn't a problem on the staff client I have on the
EG server or on the windows staff client connecting to the server).  I tried
registering at the consortial level and it registered me okay.

I entered username and password to open the actual client.  Here's the major
problem:  No menus.  The staff client opened with the tab for that first
page that shows the index of the server, but the menus along the top for
File, Edit, Search, Circulation, Cataloging weren't there.  I thought maybe
they'd been moved to the top bar with the blue apple that most application
menus are in for Mac, but they weren't there either.  Without that menu, the
staff client is crippled.

Then, when I tried to Exit Evergreen, it said "The application
open_ils_staff_client quit unexpectedly."  Not a major problem, but still...

So, did I do something wrong, or does the staff client need some tweaking
before it'll run right on Mac?  Thoughts?

I'm also curious, are there other libraries out there who want to run this
on Mac?  Or is this not a huge priority at this point?

Thanks,
Karen


-----Original Message-----
From: open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Karen
Collier
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 3:26 PM
To: open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Installing Staff Client on Mac

Hi,

My boss wants to see if the staff client can be run on Mac.

I've read both
http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=evergreen-user:installing_and_runni
ng_the_staff_client
And
http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=mozilla-devel:building_the_staff_cl
ient about installing the staff client.

I tried two different approaches and ran into problems with both.  I have
Xulrunner installed on the Mac.

First, I tried copying the entire staff_client folder from the server to the
Mac.  Some of the symlinks wouldn't copy, so I skipped those and copied
everything else.  Then I tried to run the client by going into the build
directory and typing from the Mac's terminal:

/Library/Frameworks/XUL.framework/xulrunner-bin application.ini

As suggested by
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Getting_started_with_XULRunner

All I got was:

***Deferring registration of OpenILS data cache
***** Unloading: OpenILS data cache! ******

I tried again, just copying what was in the staff_client/build folder, and
got the same result.  I tried removing the server folder from within the
build folder and still got the same result.


When this didn't work, I thought I'd try building the staff client directly
on the Mac, but quickly discovered this Mac doesn't know the term "make" or
"apt-get."  I'm guessing there are things that need installing from the
installation disk to get those features...? Or maybe they can be downloaded
somehow?  Anyway, I'm at a loss, being new to Mac.


Am I missing something obvious?  Any suggestions what else I might try?  Out
of curiosity, has anyone out there installed the staff client on a Mac
before?

Thanks,
Karen

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Karen Collier
Public Services Librarian
Kent County Public Library
408 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-3636