[Gretl-users] problem with Mac OS X

[Allin Cottrell]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, Summers, Peter wrote:

> I have a student who?s having problems getting gretl to run on her Mac.
> Specifically,
> 
> ?When I try to open gretl, the error message "Gretl.app requires Apple's
> X11" pops up. However, when I try to install X11 on my computer, the
> error message "You cannot install X11 on this volume. Newer Software
> already exists on your computer." pops up. I'm not sure what this "newer
> software" is or why it won't work to open gretl?
> 
> Is this due to the PPC architecture problem? She?s shown me her 
> laptop and there?s no intel stamp on it (it?s some kind of Apple 
> machine). I?ve suggested that she try installing version 1.6.5, 
> but if this is due to something else I?d appreciate any 
> thoughts.

Ideally, we should have a so-called "universal binary" package for 
gretl on OS X (which will run equally well on PPC and Intel).  But 
we're short of Mac expertise and we don't have such a thing.  

If your student has a PPC mac (go to the Apple icon on the menu 
bar and look at "About this Mac") then the current disk image will 
not work, it's purely Intel.  In that case, using the PPC 
disk image of gretl 1.6.5 is currently the only option.

Allin Cottrell