How to launch after a port?

[Ken Cunningham]

> On May 10, 2018, at 4:47 PM, Roy Henderson <roy at scotmail.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Marius,
> 
> I hadn’t installed the inkscape-app until you mentioned it - I have done that and I can now see a MacPorts folder under Applications complete with an Inkscape icon - thank you!
> 
> However, when I try to launch it, Inkscape appears in the Dock bouncing so it obviously wants some attention but I can’t figure what …
> 
> Sorry guys - I don’t want to flood the list with dumb questions although all help is definitely appreciated …
> 
> I’m running the 10.13.5 v4 developer beta on this machine - I wonder if that is causing problems?
> 
> Roy
> 

if it won’t launch from the application icon, you could launch it from the command line and see what errors might be shown.

open a terminal window, and type

inkscape

and that should do it.

K