Path: csiph.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed0.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Lloyd Parsons Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Why no pan binary for OSX?? Date: 16 Mar 2016 18:52:28 GMT Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net FfCyJm01piHHnJK3NlO+ZA8H7QYvmoLx6ZfIR/l7bHQAjupcBC Cancel-Lock: sha1:hKEcUFQe0mKvydBj8HRExKp3s6w= User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:34822 On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:43:10 -0500, Lloyd Parsons wrote: > On 2016-03-16 17:05:13 +0000, android said: > >> In article , >> Lloyd Parsons wrote: >> >>> Binaries are available for pan for almost every other platform it is >>> available for, but none for OSX. I'd love to have pan for my MacBook >>> 12" but don't want to diddle with compiling it myself. >>> >>> Currently use Unison when I'm on the Mac, but pan is so much better >>> and is cross platform. I've got it on Windows and on my Pixel >>> Chromebook with Linux. >> >> The compilation is painless if you install it with MacPorts. >> >> First follow the instructions here: >> >> http://www.macports.org/install.php >> >> Then: >> >> sudo port -v install pan2 >> >> Start with the command: >> >> pan2 >> >> HTH. > > Thanks. In process of doing that now. Got Xcode, that takes awhile. > Tried the compile, needed command line tools, got that. Then the > install went OK, really heated up this little Core M!! :) > > But I forgot to get the damned X11. Getting that now. I hate > installers that say 'about a minute' and then just sit there. If the > blasted MacBook wasn't getting so warm you'd never know it was doing > anything. OK, everything is finally there. But pan2 doesn't run it, pan does. Is there a way to create a launcher so I don't have to pop a terminal and do things manually? Note I'm posting from pan!! :) -- Lloyd