help with installing xorg-server from MacPorts and installing Inkscape

[yiming roberts-lo]

 Thank you, Chris! I went to install Inkscape and got the following
message:


py27-cython has the following notes:

    To make the Python 2.7 version of Cython the one that is run when you

    execute the commands without a version suffix, e.g. 'cython', run:



    port select --set cython cython27

  python27 has the following notes:

    To make this the default Python or Python 2 (i.e., the version run by
the

    'python' or 'python2' commands), run one or both of:



        sudo port select --set python python27

        sudo port select --set python2 python27

  python37 has the following notes:

    To make this the default Python or Python 3 (i.e., the version run by
the

    'python' or 'python3' commands), run one or both of:



        sudo port select --set python python37

        sudo port select --set python3 python37


I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to choose? Thanks in advance for your
help!!

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 6:47 PM Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>
wrote:

>
>
> On 27 Nov 2019, at 5:02 pm, yiming roberts-lo <yimingrolo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Okay, I ran sudo port install xorg-server in a terminal. Now it's telling
> me:
>
>     To use MacPorts' X11 as the default server, install xorg-server, log
> out,
>
>     and log back in.
>
>
>
> I'm assuming I should setup X11 as the default server?
>
>
> Yes, just do exactly what it says...
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 4:55 AM Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> So what exactly have you run ?
>>
>> Please run
>>
>> sudo port install xorg-server
>>
>> in a terminal, and if you still have problems post *exactly* what the
>> above gives.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 27/11/2019 4:09 am, yiming roberts-lo wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> > I'm trying to figure out how to install Inkscape. I tried to follow the
>> > instructions, but I am really confused. I think that I installed XCode,
>> > agreed to the  Xcode license in Terminal, and Install MacPorts for my
>> > version of the Mac OS (macOS Mojave v10.14). On this page
>> > <https://www.macports.org/install.php#requirements> it says that
>> there's
>> > an optional step: "The X11 windowing environment for ports that depend
>> > on the functionality it provides to run. You have multiple choices for
>> > an X11 server". I tried to install the xorg-server port from MacPorts
>> > (recommended), however I couldn't figure out how to do this? I got to
>> > this page <https://ports.macports.org/port/xorg-server/summary> but
>> > there's no Download or Install button?
>> >
>> > How do I install X11 and then ultimately install Inkscape? I just want
>> > to edit a vector and this is all very confusing.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for your help.
>> >
>> > yiming
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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