[Wine] Wine and OS X
Kevin Horton
khorton01 at rogers.com
Thu Mar 6 06:43:29 CST 2008
On 5 Mar 2008, at 22:01, James McKenzie wrote:
> Xelinis wrote:
>> James McKenzie wrote:
>>
>>> Xelinis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, I am aware of Darwine but I've heard mixed opinions on how
>>>> to get it up and running. Some say Fink, some say Macports,
>>>> others say compile from source. However, at the same time, I've
>>>> heard complaints about all of the above options, particularly
>>>> with OpenGL support. I'm just wondering if there's anyone here
>>>> who can clear this up.
>>>>
>> Thank you for the detailed response but do you suppose you could
>> elaborate a bit more on using a different X11? Like I said
>> before, my experience with Macs is a bit limited.
>>
> You could install X11 from either Fink or Macports and then build
> Darwine using them. I have no use at this time for OpenGL as none
> of the programs I run uses it. I use Fink for my ported software
> and additionally recommend visiting the Fink web site for more
> information.
>
Darwine is not available as a Fink package. Darwine is not really
compatible with Fink, as it messes with freetype-config, and that
screws up X11 for some Fink packages. I found this out the hard way:
http://tinyurl.com/2p53nt
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Kevin Horton
Ottawa, Canada
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