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[Csnd] Re: Re: 5.08Beta OS X installation

Date2008-03-09 16:29
Fromvictor
Subject[Csnd] Re: Re: 5.08Beta OS X installation
Thanks.

Victor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cortaigne" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 3:46 PM
Subject: [Csnd] Re: 5.08Beta OS X installation


>I did a successful installation on 10.4 last night.  The only issues  I've 
>been having involve MacCsound, which isn't your problem.   ;-)
>
>
> On Mar 9, 2008, at 08:31:35 AM CDT, victor wrote:
>
>> Well there were two duplicate OSX packages there in the download
>> page (not sure how/why), and the intel duplicate one looked  suspiciously
>> small (probably corrupted).  I removed those. There were no downloads
>> from them, though.
>>
>> It seems 45 people have already downloaded the PPC version and 97
>> the intel one. So I would ask, if anyone has had any problems as  the one
>> reported by juno, please let me know. This is a very serious matter  and
>> I have to track it down asap, if that is the case.
>>
>> Otherwise, if you could just report a successful installation on  10.4 or
>> 10.5, please do, as it would help me have confidence in the installer.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Victor
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "victor" 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 12:54 PM
>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta - OS X Warning
>>
>>
>>> The permissions are set correctly and this never happened
>>> in any system that I know of, so I reckon something went
>>> astray when you run the installer. The installer does not
>>> put anything on /Applications (/System/Library/Applications,
>>> /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/bin and /Library/Frameworks, mainly)
>>>
>>> Note that the system has been built and tested on OSX 10.4
>>> and installing it in other versions is not supported (although
>>> it might work).
>>>
>>> Victor
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "juno" 
>>> To: 
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 10:49 AM
>>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Csound 5.08Beta - OS X Warning
>>>
>>>
>>>> just so some of you should know that the installation of Csound 
>>>> 5.08Beta
>>>> made my Leopard OS X (MBP Intel) machine unbootable, and "almost" 
>>>> every data
>>>> in root directory, if I didn't have a backup. I had to reinstall  OS X.
>>>>
>>>> This has to do with "permission" corruption that happens during  the 
>>>> Csound
>>>> installation. (mostly to / and /Applications)
>>>>
>>>> I know most of you didn't have this problem, but this is a  warning 
>>>> from my
>>>> personal experience, for anyone who's installing Csound on OS X.
>>>>
>>>> juno
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> But it is vital to remember that information - in the sense of  raw 
>>>> data -
>>>> is not knowledge; that knowledge is not wisdom; and that wisdom  is not
>>>> foresight - Arthur C. Clarke
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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