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

[Jerome Pansanel]

Hi,

It seems that the last of BKChem is quite old (2010). It need probably 
some rewriting to write on recent OS. I just tested, toue v0.14 source 
works perfectly with Ubuntu 18.04.

If some of you are interested, I may create a fork on github and update 
the code.


Best,

Jerome


Le 23/09/2022 à 10:45, Alexander Thurgood a écrit :
> 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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