virtuoso for i386

[Stan Sanderson]

On Feb 11, 2014, at 2:21 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

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> On Feb 10, 2014, at 21:05, Stan Sanderson wrote:
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>> I’ve looked at Ticket #41773, which reports "closed defect: fixed” but don’t understand…
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>> My problem is that I’m trying to install kmymoney4 on an i386 iMac. It fails due to the architecture problem described in the ticket when installation of virtuoso is attempted . 
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>> If there is a workaround, I would be grateful for enlightenment.
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> That ticket was about the inability to install kde universal anymore, because dependency virtuoso cannot be built universal anymore. That problem was resolved by no longer checking the architecture of virtuoso when installing kde.
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> You want something different: to install virtuoso for i386. Sorry; as far as I know, virtuoso now requires an x86_64 processor. You could discuss that new requirement with the developers of virtuoso.
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> One possible workaround might be to install an older i386-supporting version of virtuoso:
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> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort
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> We wouldn’t support such a configuration, however.
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Thank you. I have installed an older version of virtuoso and the build of kmymoney dependencies is once again progressing.

I am a relatively new user of MacPorts, after many years of using Fink to install open-source software and (more recently) briefly dabbling with HomeBrew in my attempts to install Frescobaldi (a very helpful assistant to LilyPond, a music engraving program). Through the help of Davide Liessi, whose knowledge of MacPorts and ability to provide clear answers to questions, my goal was achieved.

MacPorts' support structure is amazingly clear, complete and more importantly, up-to-date-- unexpectedly so from a volunteer-driven site. The link which Ryan provided gave instructions which even this old, doddering semi-senile user could follow!

Thanks again.