[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Hello and a question....

[Tony Bandy]

Morning all,

James, you're awesome...this works!  I just tried it on my MacBook and
smooth sailing...Thank you!

Tony

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Tony Bandy
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On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:02 AM, James Fournie <
jfournie at sitka.bclibraries.ca> wrote:

> I've gone ahead and put up a 2.1.1 and 2.2 alpha 1 Mac client on the Sitka
> website here:
>
>
> http://sitka.bclibraries.ca/support/staff-client-executables/community-mac-clients/
>
> Unfortunately I don't have a 2.1 or 2.2 server to test those versions on
> at the moment but they should work as long as you have symlinks for
> rel_2_1_1 or rel_2_2_alpha1 respectively.
>
> For example, if you want to use the 2.1.1 with a 2.1.0 sever, just add a
> symlink in /openils/var/web/xul something like
>
> cd /openils/var/web/xul
> ln -sf rel_2_1_0 rel_2_1_1
>
> Generally in my experience as long as the first two version numbers (or
> first 3 in pre-2.0 releases) match between client and server, it should
> work.
>
> ~James Fournie
> BC Libraries Cooperative
>
> On 2012-02-08, at 11:55 AM, Tony Bandy wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Me again...thank you for your assistance, I will give these a whirl and
> see what I can come up with.  Evidently our version of Evergreen is too new
> (2.1.0) to be able to use any of the existing clients, but then again it
> could be operator error (me) :) :)
>
> Appreciate it...
>
> Tony
>
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> tonyb at ohionet.org
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> Columbus, OH  43221-3975
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>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Tara Robertson <
> information.detective at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There's a few staff people in our library who use the Mac client that
>> Sitka provides on production. It works just fine. (Thanks James Fournie!)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tara
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>wrote:
>>
>>> **
>>> On 2/8/12 2:11 PM, Tony Bandy wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>>  I've been lurking on the list for a while, but wanted to introduce
>>> myself and ask a question.  We're a library service organization here in
>>> Ohio and very recently have started an Evergreen consortium.  We're working
>>> with Equinox to migrate the libraries over and so far its been pretty neat.
>>>  My question concerns the Mac client build and install.  Please pardon any
>>> duplications, but I'm trying to put together a staff client for 2.1.0.
>>>
>>>  Hi Tony,
>>> As I'm sure you already know, Sitka often builds staff clients for Mac
>>> and puts them here:
>>> http://sitka.bclibraries.ca/support/staff-client-executables/
>>>
>>> Or, you can build your own... here are the steps I've been using,
>>> although I'm sure someone out there has a better way.
>>>
>>> 1. Fetch & install latest *compatible* Xulrunner
>>>
>>> 2. Fetch the build directory for the version on EG you want  (this is
>>> magic part that I usually need help with)
>>>
>>> 3. Unpack the build directory somewhere, e.g. Desktop.
>>>
>>> 4. Open Terminal app and navigate to the directory where the "build"
>>> directory is sitting (step included below), and these follow these steps
>>> and substitute the release number for X.X (e.g. 2.1).
>>>
>>> $ cd ~/Desktop/
>>> $ APPNAME=EvergreenX.X
>>> $ sudo rm -rf "/Applications/$APPNAME.app";
>>> $ /Library/Frameworks/XUL.framework/xulrunner-bin --install-app build
>>> /Applications "$APPNAME.app";
>>>
>>> Hopefully, you now have an application in your Applications folder
>>> called "EvergreenX.X".  You can run it directly from there with the usual
>>> double-click.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps!
>>> Grace
>>>
>>> --
>>> Grace Dunbar
>>> Vice President
>>> Equinox Software, Inc.gdunbar at esilibrary.com
>>> 1-877-OPEN-ILS  x5579www.esilibrary.com
>>>
>>>
>>
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