evince post install launch tweaks help needed

chilli.namesake at gmail.com chilli.namesake at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 12:31:07 UTC 2022


oops, probably want to add

sudo port install xorg-server


so, altogether, 

sudo port install xorg xorg-server; sudo port load dbus

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> On Dec 19, 2022, at 07:03, chilli.namesake at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I just went through this on Mountain Lion and Mojave. I believe it's
> 
> sudo port install xorg
> 
> Installs XQuartz X11.app in /Applications/MacPorts
> but I think also may need to 
> 
> sudo port load dbus
> 
> and log out and back in again.
> 
> IMO, Homebrew is a bloody mess. Good luck uninstalling it. Probably easier to reformat and reinstall the system. I don't understand the attraction to it. It's an exceptionally poor implementation of a package management system.
> 
>> On Dec 18, 2022, at 23:46, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi;
>> 
>> I running MacPorts with MacOS Ventura 13.1 w/ M1 CPU.
>> 
>> I had previously installed evince but was getting periodic flashing
>> on-and-off when trying to view a postscript file.
>> 
>> So I re-installed evince from source and the following is the output
>> from the install.  I don't know how to make certain that evince will
>> launch properly.
>> 
>> I installed xQuartz from homebrew, I'm not certain how to get an
>> XWindows environment properly set up using MacPorts.  Perhaps that is
>> part of my problem.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wolcott
>> 
>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.locale” has path “/system/locale/”.
>> Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are
>> deprecated.
>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy” has path “/system/proxy/”.
>> Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are
>> deprecated.
>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.http” has path
>> “/system/proxy/http/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
>> “/system/” are deprecated.
>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.https” has path
>> “/system/proxy/https/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
>> “/system/” are deprecated.
>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp” has path
>> “/system/proxy/ftp/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
>> “/system/” are deprecated.
>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.socks” has path
>> “/system/proxy/socks/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
>> “/system/” are deprecated.
>> --->  Cleaning evince
>> --->  Removing work directory for evince
>> --->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
>> --->  No broken files found.
>> --->  No broken ports found.
>> ~: evince ~/Blowin_in_the_Wind.ps
>> dbus[29961]: Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did
>> not provide a socket path, verify that
>> org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!


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