XGTerm installation on OS X

frduf wrote on Oct 16, 2008

I am currently trying to install the x11iraf package on my PPC mac, running OS X 10.5.5. The installation runs smoothly, with no error, but, when i call "xgterm" in the terminal, i get the following result:

dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _tgetent
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/xgterm
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

dyld: Symbol not found: _tgetent
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/xgterm
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

Trace/BPT trap

My question is twofold: why is that happening (I'm going to suppose it's something missing in the said libSystem.B.dylib file, but please enlighten me) and how can I get it to work as it should?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Francois

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Oct 16, 2008

The error may just mean you're using a really old version of the binaries that were compiled for a pre-10.4 system. Try using the binaries in http://iraf.net/ftp/iraf/x11iraf/x11iraf-v1.5DEV-bin.macosx.tar.gz and post back if you still have problems.

Cheers,
-Mike

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frduf wrote on Oct 16, 2008

Thank you, this did make it work properly.

I can't fathom why the only version i found on http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/x11iraf/ is 1.3.1 while you have 1.5. Perhaps i got lost where i wasn't supposed to be, in a dark corner of the ftp archives.

Francois

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Oct 16, 2008

FWIW, the 1.5 version was developed/released during the 'Dark Time' when NOAO dropped support of IRAF and is a product of this site. It's just never made it back to the iraf.noao.edu archives.

-Mike

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