[Gretl-users] Install GRETL on iMac

[Matthijs de Jong]

Hi Andrew,

It will open if you don't use the regular terminal, but instead use  
xterm. Open x11 and it should appear, otherwise choose from the menu:  
applications and then terminal. Then it should function properly

Regards,

Matthijs

On Oct 14, 2006, at 5:19 PM, A.R. Criswell wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> More Gretl problems..... I installed X11 successfully on my Mac Tiger
> 10.4.8. I opened a terminal window, cd to Gretl_Folder/bin and type
> ./gretl.sh but I get the complaint:
>
> (gretl_x11:386): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> users-computer://Applications/Gretl_Folder/bin Andy$
>
> Any suggestions on what to do?
>
> Best wishes,
> Andrew
>
> ------
> On 10/7/06, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti <r.lucchetti at univpm.it> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, October 6, 2006 20:43, Allin Cottrell wrote:
>> >> The file, gretl_X11, is in this folder.
>> >>
>> >> By the way, X11 is not in my Applications/Utilities folder. Do  
>> I need
>> >> to install it?
>> >
>> > Yes, gretl will not run without it
>> >
>> > http://gretl.sourceforge.net/osx.html
>> >
>> > It's on the Tiger installation DVD, though I guess it's not
>> > installed by default.
>>
>> A student here has a mac which showed the same symptoms. Turned  
>> out he didn't
>> have X11 installed, either; I guess a standard installation of OSX  
>> doesn't
>> include X11. After installing X11, gretl runs, but not via the  
>> "gretl" file in
>> the main gretl folder. That just hangs; it doesn't crash, it just  
>> stays there
>> doing nothing visible and has to be killed by hand. OTOH, opening  
>> a shell
>> ("Terminal" in OSX parlance) and running the "gretl.sh" script  
>> from the bin
>> directory, as per your previous attempt, works ok.
>>
>> Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
>> Dipartimento di Economia
>> Facoltà di Economia "G. Fuà"
>> Ancona
>>
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