[GAP Forum] Fwd: Problem installing GAP 4.5 using BOB

[Sandeep Murthy]

Hi,

what is the target directory of the 'bob' script?
I've received the following message in the terminal
on running this script:

Cannot create log file "bob.log" in target directory. Stopping.

I am guessing it doesn't have write access in the
target directory, which is ...

Sandeep.




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sandeep Murthy <sandeepr.murthy at gmail.com>
Date: 25 October 2012 01:46
Subject: Re: [GAP Forum] Problem installing GAP 4.5 using BOB
To: Jan de Muijnck-Hughes <jfdm at st-andrews.ac.uk>, GAP forum <
forum at gap-system.org>
Cc: "Justin C. Walker" <justin at mac.com>


Hi,

OK, I found the component download within
the preferences, and it is downloading the
command line tools.

Hopefully it will work now.

Thanks.

Sandeep.

On 25 Oct 2012, at 01:36, Jan de Muijnck-Hughes <jfdm at st-andrews.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Sandeep;
>
> One thing to note when installing XCode version 4.3 and later is that the
command line tools are not installed by default. To install the command
line tools, you have to download them using the 'Components' tab of the
'Downloads' preference pane in the preferences for Xcode.
>
> The developer website for Xcode has more information.
>
>
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/WhatsNewXcode/Articles/xcode_4_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/1006-SW1
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> On 25 Oct 2012, at 00:59, Sandeep Murthy <sandeepr.murthy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am unable to install GAP 4.5 using BOB.
>>
>> I think I followed all the instructions on this page:
>>
>>
http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~neunhoef/Computer/Software/Gap/bob.html#installprereq
>> .
>>
>> Firstly, I am running Mac OS X 10.8.2 on a new system, which did not have
>> Xcode.  So I started by installing XCode, and then installing MacPorts.
>> After
>> this I downloaded bob-osx.dmg, and then ran that.  I then ran the 'bob'
>> script,
>> but I got the following output:
>>
>>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> sudo port install readline +universal ncurses +universal gawk wget
>> xorg-libX11 xorg-libXaw
>>
>> WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
>> or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
>> typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
>>
>> To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
>>
>> Password:
>> Warning: The Command Line Tools for Xcode don't appear to be installed;
>> most ports will likely fail to build.
>> Warning: See http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.xcode.html for
>> more information.
>> --->  Computing dependencies for readline
>> --->  Dependencies to be installed: ncurses
>> --->  Fetching archive for ncurses
>> --->  Attempting to fetch
>> ncurses-5.9_1+universal.darwin_12.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from
>> http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/ncurses
>> --->  Attempting to fetch
>> ncurses-5.9_1+universal.darwin_12.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from
>> http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/ncurses
>> --->  Attempting to fetch
>> ncurses-5.9_1+universal.darwin_12.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from
>> http://packages.macports.org/ncurses
>> --->  Fetching distfiles for ncurses
>> --->  Attempting to fetch ncurses-5.9.tar.gz from
>> ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/gnu/ncurses
>> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for ncurses
>> --->  Extracting ncurses
>> --->  Applying patches to ncurses
>> --->  Configuring ncurses
>> Error: org.macports.configure for port ncurses returned: configure
failure:
>> command execution failed
>> Error: Failed to install ncurses
>> Please see the log file for port ncurses for details:
>>
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_ncurses/ncurses/main.log
>> Error: The following dependencies were not installed: ncurses
>> To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
>> http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
>> Error: Processing of port readline failed
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> I don't know what the problem here is.  Firstly, it is saying that Xcode
is
>> lacking some components,
>> but it is up to date.  Could it be a problem with file permissions?  I
have
>> turned-on FileVault (the file
>> encryption system), and firewall, and have selected a security option
which
>> only allows those applications
>> to be run which have been downloaded from the Mac App store or from
>> "identified developers".
>>
>> Any help or suggestions as to how to proceed would be greatly
appreciated.
>>
>> Sincerely, Sandeep.
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