[GAP Forum] Problem installing GAP 4.5 using BOB

[Jan de Muijnck-Hughes]

Sandeep;

One thing to note when installing XCode version 4.3 and later is that the command line tools are not installed by default. To install the command line tools, you have to download them using the 'Components' tab of the 'Downloads' preference pane in the preferences for Xcode.

The developer website for Xcode has more information.

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/WhatsNewXcode/Articles/xcode_4_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/1006-SW1

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Thanking you for your time.

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On 25 Oct 2012, at 00:59, Sandeep Murthy <sandeepr.murthy at gmail.com>
 wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am unable to install GAP 4.5 using BOB.
> 
> I think I followed all the instructions on this page:
> 
> http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~neunhoef/Computer/Software/Gap/bob.html#installprereq
> .
> 
> Firstly, I am running Mac OS X 10.8.2 on a new system, which did not have
> Xcode.  So I started by installing XCode, and then installing MacPorts.
> After
> this I downloaded bob-osx.dmg, and then ran that.  I then ran the 'bob'
> script,
> but I got the following output:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> sudo port install readline +universal ncurses +universal gawk wget
> xorg-libX11 xorg-libXaw
> 
> WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
> or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
> typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
> 
> To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
> 
> Password:
> Warning: The Command Line Tools for Xcode don't appear to be installed;
> most ports will likely fail to build.
> Warning: See http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.xcode.html for
> more information.
> --->  Computing dependencies for readline
> --->  Dependencies to be installed: ncurses
> --->  Fetching archive for ncurses
> --->  Attempting to fetch
> ncurses-5.9_1+universal.darwin_12.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from
> http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/ncurses
> --->  Attempting to fetch
> ncurses-5.9_1+universal.darwin_12.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from
> http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/ncurses
> --->  Attempting to fetch
> ncurses-5.9_1+universal.darwin_12.i386-x86_64.tbz2 from
> http://packages.macports.org/ncurses
> --->  Fetching distfiles for ncurses
> --->  Attempting to fetch ncurses-5.9.tar.gz from
> ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/gnu/ncurses
> --->  Verifying checksum(s) for ncurses
> --->  Extracting ncurses
> --->  Applying patches to ncurses
> --->  Configuring ncurses
> Error: org.macports.configure for port ncurses returned: configure failure:
> command execution failed
> Error: Failed to install ncurses
> Please see the log file for port ncurses for details:
>   /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_devel_ncurses/ncurses/main.log
> Error: The following dependencies were not installed: ncurses
> To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
>   http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
> Error: Processing of port readline failed
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I don't know what the problem here is.  Firstly, it is saying that Xcode is
> lacking some components,
> but it is up to date.  Could it be a problem with file permissions?  I have
> turned-on FileVault (the file
> encryption system), and firewall, and have selected a security option which
> only allows those applications
> to be run which have been downloaded from the Mac App store or from
> "identified developers".
> 
> Any help or suggestions as to how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely, Sandeep.
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