Getting jhbuild bootstrap to work on OS X...

Development Building synfig
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Hello again,

This is the message that I am getting when I try to use jhbuild:

svn co svn.gnome.org/svn/jhbuild/trunk jhbuild
svn: OPTIONS of ‘http://svn.gnome.org/svn/jhbuild/trunk’: 200 OK (svn.gnome.org)
Goliath:~ $ cd jhbuild && make -f Makefile.plain install
msgfmt -o de.mo de.po
msgfmt -o en_GB.mo en_GB.po
msgfmt -o es.mo es.po
msgfmt -o fr.mo fr.po
msgfmt -o gl.mo gl.po
msgfmt -o it.mo it.po
msgfmt -o nb.mo nb.po
msgfmt -o nl.mo nl.po
msgfmt -o pt_BR.mo pt_BR.po
msgfmt -o sv.mo sv.po
msgfmt -o uk.mo uk.po
Creating /Users//.local/bin/jhbuild
Creating /Users//.local/share/applications/jhbuild.desktop
install -m755 install-check /Users//.local/bin/install-check

if ~/bin/jbuild exists, it is most likely an old version, and it will

not work; so rename it and install a symlink to the new version

instead.

Goliath:jhbuild $ jhbuild bootstrap
-bash: jhbuild: command not found

I have been trying to use the build instructions from the Synfig website for Mac. As stated, I am using a G4 Power Macintosh to build this. Any help is most duly appreciated.

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I’m not a linux or MacOS guru, but is ~/.local/bin in your path?

Chris

3

That may be my problem. How exactly do I set it to that? Is it a cd command?

4

From random googling -

For example to add /usr/local/bin to your path under BASH, enter:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

so, make the appropriate substitution :slight_smile:

5

I was also noticing that the jhbuildrc file looks like it was moved. I think that it was moved from both locations listed on the Mac OS X build instructions on the website. That may be part of my problem. So, where is the URL that it would be listed on?

6

Also, thanks. I will try that, too.

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OK. I am at the point where I am ready to use the command “jhbuild bootstrap”. This is what I get:

bash-3.2$ jhbuild bootstrap
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Users/stevenpeck/jhbuild/jhbuild/config.py”, line 210, in load
execfile(self.filename, config)
File “/Users/stevenpeck/.jhbuildrc”, line 1

^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
jhbuild: could not load config file
bash-3.2$

Does this mean that I have the wrong URL for the .jhbuildrc file? If so, where can I make a path on the Terminal to get the correct file?

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Hi artisan!
This line: jhbuild: could not load config file
means that the file is not present and I think it’s because the building instructions are old and the link to the jhbuildrc file is not working.
I do like this: I download this file here downloads.sourceforge.net/source … d-setup.sh
I make the gtk-osx-build-setup.sh file executable running the “chmod +x” command in terminal, then I run the gtk-osx-build-setup.sh in terminal.
After that I’m able to make the jhbuild bootstrap.
AT this site you can see how to build gtk using jhbuild:
live.gnome.org/GTK%2B/OSX/BuildInstructions

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Thanks, ulrik. I will try that.

Your assistance is duly appreciated, as always.