[Xastir] snag trying to install shapelib via source onto mac os X 10.5

[T Wegner]

thanks for the response Jason & Curt.

using

ls -l

I get

-rw-r--r--  1 root  admin  63440 Sep 16 21:05 lib

so I take it this means it's a file instead of a directory. Let me be  
perfectly honest here . . . I have no idea what I'm doing. lol

Should I delete the lib file and make a lib directory here?
Is there something in that lib file of importance and I should not  
delete?
Is it possible this could be a permissions or location problem?

Curt - yes on the os - 10.5.8 is one behind current; no on the intel -  
I had looked with great longing at the precompiled by J.  
McDermond . . . alas. Checked your link to the Mac Notes; have  
substantial time invested in the MacPorts method and would like to  
follow through with it until it works or my head is pounding . . . .

73
Tom


On Sep 16, 2010, at 21:29, Jason KG4WSV wrote:

> Sounds like /usr/local/lib is not a directory.  do
>
> cd /usr/local
> ls -l
>
> and take a look at lib.  It should be a directory.  mine looks like
>
> drwxr-xr-x  13 root  wheel   442 Jun 17 15:35 lib
>
>
> see that "d" at the beginning of the line? it indicates a directory.
> You could have gotten a file ("-" in the first slot), or maybe a
> symbolic link ("l" in the first slot).  If it's a link, look at the
> target to make sure it exists.
>
> FYI, xastir now has shapelib built in, so you can get by without it.
> I'd tell you not to worry about it, but if /usr/local/lib is broken
> you'll need to get it fixed before you're done, even if you skip
> shapelib.
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
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