Re: [Bkchem-user] General suggestions on bkchem documentation on Mac

[Alexander Thurgood]

Hi Mingye,

I'd forgotten I was even signed up to this list, thanks for reminding me :-)

As far as I'm concerned, bkchem no longer ran at all on the latest x64 
release of macOS, let alone on the newer Arm M1 silicon.

I can't get the 10.5 bundle to run on my M1 Macbook. As you point out, 
macOS refuses to launch it, indicating that the developer needs to 
update the program as support for x86 instruction execution no longer 
exists.

I also seem to have python3 as the default python environment as well, 
so starting the unzipped package from the command line also does not work.

This is with macOS Monterey (12.6).

I'd guess there would be quite a way to go to get a bkchem bundle up and 
running again on current macOS, unless the bundle includes the whole 
python 2.7 framework.


Alex




Le 23/09/2022 à 05:33, Mingye Wang a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I am just an unwilling mac user looking to draw molecules without
> jumping through licensing hoops. May I offer some suggestions on
> bkchem's mac-related documentation?
>
> * The FNA section for Macs should be replaced by the awesome macOS
> 10.5 bundle. That thing has its own problems, but it is more up to
> date at least in form. (Or if you want to maintain the "run the
> source" feel, you could just point to the official python.org 2.7.16
> package. It has a built-in Tk too!)
> * The macOS 10.5 archive needs -- surprise -- updating after macOS
> ditched 32-bit x86 support. A newer release of Platypus should do, and
> as we speak I am trying to get one packed.
>
> Oh right, speaking of Python 2. I think the INSTALL instructions
> should add a comma after "BKChem will run only on Python 2.5 or
> newer": "but not Python 3". Please ignore me if it has been already
> added -- the two Gitorious links are 404'ing for me, so I can't check
> them myself.
>
> Oh oh PPS. The mailing list link in "How can you help" does not seem
> to work. Use https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bkchem-user.
>
> Thanks,
> Mingye Wang (Artoria2e5)
>
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