GNOME installation

[Silviu Bojica]

I would like to confirm same problems regarding gnome

sudo port install gnome

- fails on compiling zenity package (same error), but gnome desktop  
launches without any problem. After this "gimp" installed via  
macports, fails to launch - exactly same kind of problems reported by  
Andreas.

Note that I am running macports on a MacBook (Intel Core Duo), too.

Silviu Bojica

On 10 Aug 2007, at 17:41, David Corking wrote:

> On 8/10/07, Andreas Zeitler <azeitler at zettt.de> wrote:
>> I haven't found much information about installing GNOME via MacPorts.
>
> The GNOME maintainer, rhwood, keeps a couple of useful webpages:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/rhwood/gnome/index.html
> http://homepage.mac.com/rhwood/darwinports/gnome.html
>
>> It seems that there is a problem with the zenity package. Is that  
>> right?
>
> I don't know anything about zenity.  Note that I did not self-update
> my macports for a few days (though GNOME is working here too) but I
> just tried to install it on an Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook, and got a
> python malloc error:
>
> --->  Building zenity with target all
> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd
> "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnome 
> _zenity/work/zenity-2.18.2"
> && make all " returned error 2
> Command output: Python(10184) malloc: *** vm_allocate(size=1069056)
> failed (error code=3)
> Python(10184) malloc: *** error: can't allocate region
> Python(10184) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to debug
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/opt/local/bin/xml2po", line 856, in ?
>     doSerialize(doc)
> <SNIP>
> MemoryError
> make[2]: *** [bg/zenity.xml] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Is that similar to your error?
>
>> However, GNOME is working i can start it and use it, seems so haven't
>> looked at it much deeper.
>> Is there a way how to install the remaining packages? (except the not
>> working zenity)
>
> If the packages you want don't depend on zenity, 'port install '
> should just work.
>
>> Second question: Installing GIMP through MacPorts (having installed
>> cairo via the GNOME) stops when reaching the installation of (i
>> think) py-cairo. Does anybody know how to get GIMP working? Should i
>> do a force install?
>
> Sorry - I haven't tried the macports GIMP.
>
> David
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