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

[Karen Collier]

I think our emails crossed paths.  I did get it working... Sort of... See my
other email for the new problems.  But I did try out what you suggested too.
No luck on Mac... At least not this Mac.  

xulrunner application.ini

Brings back 

-bash: xulrunner: command not found

Despite the fact that xulrunner is in fact installed.  Xulrunner seems to
function differently on Mac than on Linux.

Thanks,
Karen


-----Original Message-----
From: Don McMorris [mailto:don.mcmorris at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 4:03 PM
To: kcollier at kent.lib.md.us; open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Installing Staff Client on Mac

Hi Karen:

Attached is the files for staff client 1.00rc2, as is on the download page
(http://www.open-ils.org/cvs.php).

Extract these files into a directory, change into that directory, and run
`xulrunner application.ini`.

I tested this on Linux, and seems to run OK for dev.gapines.org.

This is a quick-and-dirty solution for the demo servers.  When building an
internal system, you would want to follow the directions to build your
own...

Hope this helps! Please don't hesitate to let us know if it does or doesn't
work.

--Don

On 7/27/07, Karen Collier <kcollier at kent.lib.md.us> wrote:
> 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_st
> aff_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
>
> --
>
> Karen Collier
> Public Services Librarian
> Kent County Public Library
> 408 High Street
> Chestertown, MD 21620
> 410-778-3636
>
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