--- In slope_soaring_sim@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Hoover <dahoov@...> wrote:
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I hope I have helped and not confused too much :)
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> Fly safe, soar high, go far...
> Matthew Hoover
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BINGO! Thank you so much for your help Matthew. The missing key was in the
last paragraph, about taking the Mac files out of the OSX folder and putting
them into the main folder. Suddenly it all works, but I don't think I would
have figured that out by trial and error and I didn't find that step in any of
the other hints. Yippee! Time to go flying and have some fun. Thanks again.