> I'm having similar problems in getting past this point in the start-
> up on my mac. This is the first time I have tried to use Terminal
> and so far
> I really don't get what I'm doing wrong. I have typed "cd " without
> the quotes and then dragged the sss-2.19.2 folder onto the terminal
> window to bring up the path, then pressed Return. When I then
> typed ./sss and Return I repeatedly get the following message:
> -bash: ./sss: No such file or directory
>
>










As a point and click guy I can sympathize. I have only recently dug
into what the terminal and Unix environment can allow you to do. I
highly recommend you pick up a book that elucidates upon the terminal,
Unix and the command line. That being said I will do my best to get
you running in the simplest way I can.

There are 2 files that must be downloaded to get the program running
on Mac. The first is the "Main SSS download" located in the top level
of the "Files" section of the yahoo groups page. This file is called
sss.-219.2.zip and contains all of the data and configuration files.
This folder also contains the source code from which the program can
be compiled with a properly configured computer. It also contains the
Windows binary and a Windows library file. This file, however does
not contain the binary file and a specific library file that is
required by the Mac. Once you have this file downloaded and unzipped
you can proceed to the next step.

The second file you must download is the Mac specific file. This file
is located in the "OSX" folder in the "Files" section of the yahoo
groups site and is called osx-sss-0.10.sitx. This file contains the
binary (sss) and the Mac specific library file (libmodex.dylib) that
are required by Mac. Additionally there is a folder that contains
some very basic shell scripts that will start sss and link a specific
configuration file. If you open one of these files in the text editor
you can see there are 3 lines in each file. The first line "#!/bin/
sh" opens the terminal with the basic Bourne shell. The next line "cd
$(dirname $0)/.."uses the "dirname" command to move up one level in
the directory tree. The third line activates the sss program and
indicates which configuration file will be used. Once these .command
files are in the correct location they can be double clicked and the
script will automatically start the program. No Terminal typing
required.

In order for the .command scripts to work correctly, you must move the
binary file (sss), the library file (libmodex.dylib) and the commands
folder (command_files) into the top level of the sss-2.19.2 folder
that was unzipped from the first download. You can now use the Finder
to navigate into the command_files folder and double click one of
the .command shell scripts to launch the program.

I hope I have helped and not confused too much :)


Fly safe, soar high, go far...
Matthew Hoover





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