Wolf,

Thanks for this. I went ahead and pushed it into a branch with a merge request. Does that look right? For all the OSX folks on the list? (I made one merge request for 0.47 branch, but it should go both there and on trunk)

https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/readme-update https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/readme-update/+merge/15433

--Ted

On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 13:24 +0100, Wolf Drechsel wrote:

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I am very grateful that a lot of people invested lots of time in the wonderful packaging/macosx/osx-build.sh script.

PLEASE, add a few lines to the READMEs - or create a distinguished "README_Mac_OS_X" to make clear, that the install procedure on a Mac is a different one.

Could you propose what should be added to the README. I think it's a good idea to update it, but I'm afraid that I would write something incorrect if I tried as I have no experience on OSX.

I'll be happy to give it a try - could friend ~suv have a look on it in order to avoid greater portions of nonsense please ?

I suggest to change this chapter of the README:

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Inkscape uses the standard procedure for compilation and installation:

./configure make make install

If a "./configure" file is not present, you can create it by running the "./autogen.sh" command, which calls in turn a number of other programs such as automake and autoconf. See INSTALL for more details.

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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Installation for *nixes (Mac OS X users please have a look at the end of the file): ==========================================================

Inkscape uses the standard procedure for compilation and installation:

./configure make make install

If a "./configure" file is not present, you can create it by running the "./autogen.sh" command, which calls in turn a number of other programs such as automake and autoconf. See INSTALL for more details. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

At end of file: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Installation for Mac OS X users =======================

We try to keep the Wiki pages on compiling inkscape up-to-date and comprehensive. It is here:

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingMacOsX

For a brief overlook: We suggest to use macports (http://macports.org) in order to achieve all the necessary components and libraries. Than there is a mighty tool called "osx-build.sh" in the packaging/macosx directory of the unpacked tarball. This script will do most of the work for you. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

In the INSTALL file change:

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Basic Installation

If you have problems compiling Inkscape, then see http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingInkscape ..

The remainder of this file gives generic installation instructions.

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Basic Installation for *nixes - Mac OS X users please have a look at the README ===========================================================

If you have problems compiling Inkscape, then see http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingInkscape

if you are a Mac OS X user, please dont read on, keep to the wiki pages instead: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/CompilingMacOsX

The remainder of this file gives generic installation instructions. …