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29 Jul 2024 04:24:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Povray on mac crashing  
From: thuthon
Date: 4 Sep 2006 10:55:00
Message: <web.44fc3d1dacb2a8b619b850880@news.povray.org>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> thuthon <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> > I installed povray 3.6 onto my macBook pro. Whenever I try to open it, it
> > starts opening and goes as far as showing sort of a table named 'Messages'
> > and another named 'Templates'. Then it just vanishes and gives this
> > message:- "The application POV-Ray Mac 3.6 quit unexpectedly". I was
> > wondering if you could help me in this matter.
>
>   Even though MacOS X *should* be able to run older MacOS software even
> in the new intel macs, I still wonder if that problem you describe could
> be caused by this...
>
> > I have very little experience with povray and I've only worked on it on a
> > Linux based machine.
>
>   If you don't mind using povray in the linux-way, you can always
> download the source distribution and compile it as a command-line
> version (like in linux), assuming you have gcc (or any similar
> compiler) installed. MacOS X *is* basically a unix, so it should
> work.
>
> --
>                                                           - Warp
So I should be able to compile it on XCode?

Thanks


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