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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / October 2006Amphetadesk on Intel Mac
I used Amphetadesk on OS 9 and OS X-PPC and love it. I just got a MacBook, and when I tried to install it, I got some error messages that I don't understand, or know what to do about. Anybody got it working on Intel? It's the nicest RSS client I've ever seen. Isaac > I used Amphetadesk on OS 9 and OS X-PPC and love it. I just got a > MacBook, and when I tried to install it, I got some error messages that > I don't understand, or know what to do about. > > Anybody got it working on Intel? It's the nicest RSS client I've ever > seen. Assuming you mean these messages that the application produces: Can't load '/Volumes/AmphetaDesk/amphetadesk-osx-v0.93.1/AmphetaDesk.app/Contents/Pe rl/Library/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Compress/Zlib/Zlib.bundle' for module Compress::Zlib: dlopen(/Volumes/AmphetaDesk/amphetadesk-osx-v0.93.1/AmphetaDesk.app/Conte nts/Perl/Library/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Compress/Zlib/Zlib.bundl e, 1): no suitable image found. Did find: /Volumes/AmphetaDesk/amphetadesk-osx-v0.93.1/AmphetaDesk.app/Contents/Per l/Library/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Compress/Zlib/Zlib.bundle: mach-o, but wrong architecture at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.6/darwin-thread-multi-2level/DynaLoader.pm line 230. at /Volumes/AmphetaDesk/amphetadesk-osx-v0.93.1/AmphetaDesk.app/../AmphetaDe sk.pl line 46 Then what it's telling you is that this is one of those few cases where a PowerPC-only application cannot be used on an Intel Mac. In other words you're out of luck unless you or someone else decides to update the application. Since the application was last updated in 2004, I wouldn't expect an Intel version soon. Being as it's open source, though, perhaps you could do it yourself, if you know anything about software development.  SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington MondoMouse makes your mouse mightier See http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/ > > I used Amphetadesk on OS 9 and OS X-PPC and love it. I just got a > > MacBook, and when I tried to install it, I got some error messages that [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > though, perhaps you could do it yourself, if you know anything about > software development. Well, I don't, but what's confusing is that the thing is a Perl script, not a direct executable. I didn't know that Perl scripts had a platform dependency, but then, I'm not a Perl programmer either. Isaac > Well, I don't, but what's confusing is that the thing is a Perl script, > not a direct executable. I didn't know that Perl scripts had a platform > dependency, but then, I'm not a Perl programmer either. Perl scripts don't, but Perl libraries typically do. This is a Perl library problem-- the application is trying to load a PowerPC Perl library in an Intel version of Perl, and that doesn't work. SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington MondoMouse makes your mouse mightier See http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/ :> Well, I don't, but what's confusing is that the thing is a Perl script, :> not a direct executable. I didn't know that Perl scripts had a platform [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : library problem-- the application is trying to load a PowerPC Perl : library in an Intel version of Perl, and that doesn't work. It almost looks like something that could be fixed with a little CPAN wizardry to me. cb > :> Well, I don't, but what's confusing is that the thing is a Perl script, > :> not a direct executable. I didn't know that Perl scripts had a platform [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > It almost looks like something that could be fixed with > a little CPAN wizardry to me. Not really. Mac OS X already includes a native version of the library that the application is looking for. The trick is getting the application to use the preinstalled one instead of insisting on using the copy that comes with the application. It might be that the application has a configuration file or something that controls this. I haven't checked. SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington MondoMouse makes your mouse mightier See http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/ |
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