[GAP Forum] GAP not working on Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later

[Sandeep Murthy]

Hello.

Since the Leopard update to the Mac OS X
last year, the Mac version of GAP doesn't
seem to work.  I've raised this with Alexander
Hulpke, but I keep having the same problem.
The possibility was raised that it had to do with
file permissions on the folder where GAP was
installed, but I've checked the file permissions
and there seems to be no restriction.

These are lines from the console from the last
time I tried to run GAP

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16/12/2009 19:21:18	[0x0-0x33033].net.sourceforge.ggap.ggap[262]	D: SettingsPrefs "/Users/sandeepmurthy/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.ggap.ggap.plist" 
16/12/2009 19:21:18	[0x0-0x33033].net.sourceforge.ggap.ggap[262]	D: SettingsState "/Users/sandeepmurthy/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.ggap.ggap-state.plist" 
16/12/2009 19:21:34	[0x0-0x33033].net.sourceforge.ggap.ggap[262]	D: ini file '/Volumes/sandeepmurthy/Library/Application Support/ggap/workspace.ini' does not exist
16/12/2009 19:21:34	[0x0-0x33033].net.sourceforge.ggap.ggap[262]	*** Critical: could not create directory ' "/Volumes/sandeepmurthy/Library/Application Support/ggap" ' 
16/12/2009 19:21:46	com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[98]	([0x0-0x33033].net.sourceforge.ggap.ggap[262]) Job appears to have crashed: Abort trap
16/12/2009 19:21:47	ReportCrash[265]	Saved crash report for ggap[262] version 1.9.6 (1.9.6) to /Users/sandeepmurthy/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ggap_2009-12-16-192147_sandeep-murthys-macbook.crash



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Would appreciate some help, and I'm unable to
run GAP directly.

Sincerely, Sandeep.


Sandeep Murthy
Ph. D. Student
Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Room C.202C
School of Technology
Oxford Brookes University
Wheatley, Oxfordshire OX33 1HX
United Kingdom

Ph: (01865) 485605