gnupic@linuxhacker.org

It can be done, maybe, but it's very painful.

The biggest problem right now is that the configure script for gpsim 
does not recognize the Mac OS X host info and stops processing. It is 
possible to specify that information on the command line to configure, 
but I think that might not be enough. I've asked the author to look 
into it, but he's very busy right now and might not be able to get to 
it for a while.

That problem aside, it's a rather painful process to get all of the 
requirements in place before you even get to building gpsim. First you 
need to get XWindows installed (http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/) and 
the XWindows SDK (click the download link in the upper-right hand 
corner, then from that page there is also a link to download the SDK).

Then you need to get gtk+ and gtk+extra. Both of these are available 
from fink (http://fink.sf.net/). You first need to download and install 
the fink stuff (utilities to help you download and build the packages 
available from fink), then you need to get gtk+ and gtk+extra 
(actually, you should do one thing before that). gtk+ is in the fink 
stable releases section, and is available as a binary. gtk+extra is in 
the unstable releases section, and the source must be downloaded and 
built. An Cocoa app called Fink Commander might make this a bit easier.

Before you get gtk+ et al., you need to tell fink that you've installed 
Apple's X11. You do this by installing "system-xfree86-42" (if you 
download the beta 3 X11 from Apple). Do that first, then the gtk stuff 
won't try to install yet another X11 on your system.

Anyway, all that's moot until gpsim recognizes darwin. I don't know 
enough about configure to update it. Sorry...

On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 10:54 AM, Michael P. Rogers wrote:

> Sorry if this is an FAQ, but can it be done?  Has it be done?

-- 
Rick