Synfig 0.63.00 Released!

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JCook
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Post by JCook »

OK, so I downloaded and installed Macports, then I opened Terminal and typed in

port install synfigstudio

and got this error message:

Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts install prefix.

I almost never use Terminal, know virtually nothing about programming, or programming language, so...what would be the next step here? I'm doing this on my iMac at home, running Snow Leapard.

Jack
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ulrik
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Post by ulrik »

JCook wrote:OK, so I downloaded and installed Macports, then I opened Terminal and typed in

port install synfigstudio

and got this error message:

Error: Insufficient privileges to write to MacPorts install prefix.

I almost never use Terminal, know virtually nothing about programming, or programming language, so...what would be the next step here? I'm doing this on my iMac at home, running Snow Leapard.

Jack
You have to use "sudo" to have privileges to write to Macports install prefix, so use this line:
sudo port install synfigstudio
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Post by SvenFoster »

Jack.. as ulrik stated you need to put the "sudo" command in front like so..


sudo port install synfigstudio


sudo: will prompt for your admin password, this will give it permissions to install it.. dont worry sudo is a standard macosx command already installed.

port: Port will let you do a few things but here are a couple of useful ones..

port help - this will list all the commands you can put in place of the "help" keyword.
port search partOfAWord - this will list all the programs that have the partOfAWord in them :D

port info synfigstudio - this will tell you more about synfigstudio


The good news is that all "ports" should install without issue and there are a lot to choose from.



Once its installed, you should be able to CMD+Space and find it in spotlight.

enjoy
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