Will using only dolphin be too much overhead?

Chris Jones jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Wed Feb 8 09:40:43 UTC 2017


Hi,

I guess the main message is

gdk-pixbuf2 must be installed with +x11.

You must have this port installed already without the x11 variant. Try 
reinstalling with this option.

Chris

On 08/02/17 04:38, Dorien Herremans wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for all the replies.
>
> I'm trying to install kde4-baseapps, but I'm having some trouble:
>
> --->  Fetching archive for gtk3
>
> Error: Failed to archivefetch gtk3: gdk-pixbuf2 must be installed with +x11.
>
> Error: See
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_gnome_gtk3/gtk3/main.log
> for details.
>
> Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
>
> Error: Processing of port kde4-baseapps failed
>
> I've already tried: sudo port selfupdate
>
> Anything else I should be aware of?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dorien
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 6 February 2017 at 23:22, Jonathan Stickel <jjstickel at gmail.com
> <mailto:jjstickel at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Also see:  https://trac.macports.org/wiki/KDE
>     <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/KDE>
>
>
>     On 2/6/17 08:04 , Dorien Herremans wrote:
>
>         Thanks Jonathan,
>
>         That is very helpful, I am not very familiar with airports yet.
>
>         I may consider installing it.
>
>
>         On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 at 22:52, Jonathan Stickel
>         <jjstickel at gmail.com <mailto:jjstickel at gmail.com>
>         <mailto:jjstickel at gmail.com <mailto:jjstickel at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>             As already mentioned, dolphin is part of kde4-baseapps in
>         macports. It
>
>             does have a rather large set of dependencies -- whether that
>         is "too
>
>             much overhead" is matter of opinion. Like you, I haven't
>         found a file
>
>             manager I like better, so I use it. I also use a few other
>         KDE apps,
>
>             like kompare, gwenview, and okular (separate ports).
>         Macports uses QT4
>
>             built against Mac's graphics backend, so X11 isn't needed.
>
>
>
>             Jonathan
>
>
>
>
>
>             On 2/6/17 05:00 , macports-users-request at lists.macports.org
>         <mailto:macports-users-request at lists.macports.org>
>             <mailto:macports-users-request at lists.macports.org
>         <mailto:macports-users-request at lists.macports.org>> wrote:
>
>             > Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 23:21:43 +0800
>
>             > From: Dorien Herremans <dorien.herremans at gmail.com
>         <mailto:dorien.herremans at gmail.com>
>             <mailto:dorien.herremans at gmail.com
>         <mailto:dorien.herremans at gmail.com>>>
>
>             > To: macports-users at lists.macports.org
>         <mailto:macports-users at lists.macports.org>
>             <mailto:macports-users at lists.macports.org
>         <mailto:macports-users at lists.macports.org>>
>
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>
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>             > down votefavorite
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>             >
>
>         <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41994127/will-running-dolphin-file-manager-on-osx-cause-a-lot-of-overhead#
>         <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41994127/will-running-dolphin-file-manager-on-osx-cause-a-lot-of-overhead#>>
>
>             >
>
>             > I am struggling with Finder after switching to Mac from linux.
>             Dolphin was
>
>             > just a much more powerful file manager.
>
>             >
>
>             > Features I miss: - easily editable URL to navigate
>         (although fixed
>             that
>
>             > with Finder Path). - embedded terminal window (very
>         important to
>             me) - tree
>
>             > view - ability to navigate easily without using the mouse
>         - stay
>             on top
>
>             > feature by KDE window manager
>
>             >
>
>             > I've tried Double Commander, but I still don't find it very
>             intuitive, e.g.
>
>             > see no way to just type/edit the url to where I want to go.
>
>             >
>
>             > So I did read
>
>             >
>
>         <https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-users/2010-May/020074.html
>         <https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-users/2010-May/020074.html>>
>             that
>
>             > I could run Dolphin via Macports:
>
>             >
>
>             > dolphin is a rather nice file browser. the impression that
>         i get
>             from here
>
>             > http://dolphin.kde.org/is that one is to install kdebase4.
>         done.
>             so where
>
>             > is dolphin?
>
>             >
>
>             > According to "port contents kdebase4 | grep -i dolphin",
>         there is a
>
>             > dolphin.app in /Applications/MacPorts/KDE4.
>
>             >
>
>             > My question though: If I have to install kdebase4, doesn't
>         that
>             mean a huge
>
>             > amount of overhead just for a file manager? Will it
>         actually run
>             X? Does
>
>             > the installation command above install the whole thing?
>
>             >
>
>             > -- Dorien Herremans, PhD Marie-Curie Fellow
>         http://dorienherremans.com
>
>             > Queen Mary University of London School of Electronic
>         Engineering and
>
>             > Computer Science C4DM - Centre for Digital Music, London
>
>         --
>         Sent from my mobile device.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dorien Herremans, PhD
> Marie-Curie Fellow
> http://dorienherremans.com <http://dorienherremans.com/>
>
> Queen Mary University of London
> School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
> C4DM - Centre for Digital Music, London
>
> Workshop on Deep Learning and Music
> <http://dorienherremans.com/dlm2017>, May'17 Anchorage, Alaska.


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