Re: X11 libraries
Re: X11 libraries
- Subject: Re: X11 libraries
- From: Tim Jenness <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:43:03 -1000
On Jun 11, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Martin Leach wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new to this level of progamming on a Mac. I am running Mac OS X 10.4.11. I am trying to install ncl, an idl like package. The program appears to install, but when I try to run, I get the following error messages:
> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
> Referenced from: /Users/marty/bin/./ncl
> Reason: image not found
> Trace/BPT trap
>
That library ships with X11 on Snow Leopard.
> I also try to connect to a remote machine to use idl or matlab using:
> ssh -Y remotehost
> set DISPLAY=$REMOTEHOST
If you ssh into a remote host you should not set DISPLAY on the remote host since ssh -Y will configure $DISPLAY for you.
> Are both related?
> Do I have to upgrade my operating system?
There have been many improvements to X11 and compilers since Tiger. If you have the opportunity to upgrade you should do it (and Snow Leopard is cheap).
> If so, will the X11 libraries be complete? If not, where to I get the right libraries.
>
Yes X11 is fine on Snow Leopard. You can get other libraries from MacPorts or fink.
--
Tim Jenness
Joint Astronomy Centre
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