<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 27 Nov 2019, at 5:02 pm, yiming roberts-lo <yimingrolo@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Okay, I ran sudo port install xorg-server in a terminal. Now it's telling me:
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>To use MacPorts' X11 as the default server, install xorg-server, log out,</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>and log back in.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I'm assuming I should setup X11 as the default server?</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Yes, just do exactly what it says...<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thanks!</p></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 4:55 AM Chris Jones <<a href="mailto:jonesc@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk">jonesc@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
So what exactly have you run ?<br>
<br>
Please run<br>
<br>
sudo port install xorg-server<br>
<br>
in a terminal, and if you still have problems post *exactly* what the <br>
above gives.<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
<br>
On 27/11/2019 4:09 am, yiming roberts-lo wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
> I'm trying to figure out how to install Inkscape. I tried to follow the <br>
> instructions, but I am really confused. I think that I installed XCode, <br>
> agreed to the Xcode license in Terminal, and Install MacPorts for my <br>
> version of the Mac OS (macOS Mojave v10.14). On this page <br>
> <<a href="https://www.macports.org/install.php#requirements" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.macports.org/install.php#requirements</a>> it says that there's <br>
> an optional step: "The X11 windowing environment for ports that depend <br>
> on the functionality it provides to run. You have multiple choices for <br>
> an X11 server". I tried to install the xorg-server port from MacPorts <br>
> (recommended), however I couldn't figure out how to do this? I got to <br>
> this page <<a href="https://ports.macports.org/port/xorg-server/summary" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ports.macports.org/port/xorg-server/summary</a>> but <br>
> there's no Download or Install button?<br>
> <br>
> How do I install X11 and then ultimately install Inkscape? I just want <br>
> to edit a vector and this is all very confusing.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks in advance for your help.<br>
> <br>
> yiming<br>
> <br>
> <br>
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