How to launch after a port?

Marius Schamschula lists at schamschula.com
Thu May 10 23:52:14 UTC 2018


Roy,

It opens for me after a few bounces.

I’ve never had issues with MacPorts running the developer beta for a current OS (betas for the 10.x.0 release are another matter!).

> On May 10, 2018, at 6:47 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
> 
> 
> 
>> On 11 May 2018, at 00:29, Marius Schamschula <lists at schamschula.com <mailto:lists at schamschula.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Roy,
>> 
>> Did you also install inkscape-app?
>> 
>> If so, the icon for Inkscape would be under /Applications/MacPorts
>> 
>>> On May 10, 2018, at 6:00 PM, Roy Henderson <roy at scotmail.net <mailto:roy at scotmail.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Apologies for what is definitely a 101 question ... I have successfully run an install port of Inkscape but haven’t a clue where to find the result or how to launch the application ... is there further work needed to make the application visible in finder and launchable?
>>> 
>>> Any help would be most appreciated ... thanks!
>> 
>> Marius
>> --
>> Marius Schamschula
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 

Marius
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Marius Schamschula




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