Comment 2 for bug 421305

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Earl Stutes (estutes) wrote : Re: [Bug 421305] Re: Inkscape does not run on Mac OSX 10.6

Downloaded and ran 0.47-pre 1-2. It seems to take a long time to get
started, but it is up and running. I have not run any extensive tests
on it yet. But I see a usuable app.

On the subject of python, I have a phython solitaire app that also
does not run on 10.6(H3Team solitare)

Thanks

=eas=
On Aug 31, 2009, at 9:20 AM, ~suv wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 392693 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392693
>
> @Earl - The 'Incompatible library version' is a known issue and being
> worked on (see bug #392693 and its other duplicates). As I don't have
> 10.6 installed yet - can I ask you to test the latest prerelease build
> 'Inkscape-0.47-pre1-2.LEOPARD.dmg' from
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.47pre1/>?
> So
> far there have been no crash reports for that build running on SL.
>
> The reason I ask you to do a test run: yesterday I read in two
> comments on InkscapeForum.com that the python extensions fail on SL
> with the infamous message "The fantastic lxml wrapper for libxml2 is
> required by inkex.py and therefore this extension. Please download
> and install the latest version from http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/lxml/
> , or ...".
> source: <http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=3588>
>
> If this is really the case it needs to be fixed before 0.47 is
> released
> IMHO. Therefor I am looking for information that (hopefully _not_)
> confirms this extension failure on a default SL install. If any of the
> effects in the 'Extensions' menu fail with the above quoted message -
> could you open a separate bug report please?
>
> Thank you in advance for your time and effort,
> ~suv
>
> --
> Inkscape does not run on Mac OSX 10.6
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421305
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>
> Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: New
>
> Bug description:
> After installing Mac OSX 10.6 inkscape will launch, but immediately
> crashes. Here is the crash report
>
> Process: inkscape-bin [11404]
> Path: /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/
> inkscape-bin
> Identifier: inkscape-bin
> Version: ??? (???)
> Code Type: X86 (Native)
> Parent Process: Inkscape [11402]
>
> Date/Time: 2009-08-29 17:24:49.637 -0700
> OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432)
> Report Version: 6
>
> Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
> Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
> Crashed Thread: 0
>
> Dyld Error Message:
> Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
> Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/
> Versions/A/Frameworks/DictionaryServices.framework/Versions/A/
> DictionaryServices
> Reason: Incompatible library version: DictionaryServices requires
> version 10.0.0 or later, but libxml2.2.dylib provides version 9.0.0