Using X11 for an older program

[Ken Cunningham]

> On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:05 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
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> On Dec 21, 2020, at 20:55, Ken Cunningham wrote:
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>> There are likely to be more libraries missing after you fix this one, but you can try.
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>> EIther symlink a real library that is the same or as similar as you have into the position being looked for:
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>> sudo ln -s /opt/local/lib/libpng16.16.dylib /opt/X11/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
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>> or
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>> use install_name_tool to change /opt/local/lib/libpng16.16.dylib to /opt/X11/lib/libpng15.15.dylib in your binary.
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>> install_name_tool -change  /opt/local/lib/libpng16.16.dylib /opt/X11/lib/libpng15.15.dylib /path/to/my/binary
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> Definitely do not do that. The filename has changed because version 15 and version 16 are not meant to be interchangeable.
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Oh, you have nothing to lose trying it.

If it doesn’t work, just set it back.

you can’t break anything. It’s just a computer, and it does what you tell it to do.

K