Comment 5 for bug 421305

On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:22 PM, ~suv wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 392693 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392693
>
>> Downloaded and ran 0.47-pre 1-2. It seems to take a long time to get
>> started, but it is up and running. I have not run any extensive
>> tests
>> on it yet. But I see a usuable app.
>
> Thank you for confirming that! The long start time might be due to
> building the (X11) fontcache.
>
>> On the subject of python, I have a phython solitaire app that also
>> does not run on 10.6(H3Team solitare)
>
> 1) Could you make a quick extension test and just run 'Extensions >
> Render > Gear...' which should insert one gear into the drawing and
> give
> you immediate feedback if python extensions are basically functional?

  Error message: "The fantastic lxml wrapper for libxml2 is required
by inkex.py and therefore this extention. Please download and install
the latest version from http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/lxml/, or
install it through your package manager by a command like: sudo apt-
get install python-lxml"
>
> 2) Could you open terminal.app and type:
>
> which python
> python --version
>
> and paste the output here?

neptune:~ eas$ which python
/usr/bin/python
neptune:~ eas$ python --version
Python 2.6.1
neptune:~ eas$

>
> thanks again, ~suv
>
> --
> Inkscape does not run on Mac OSX 10.6
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421305
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> Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: New
>
> Bug description:
> After installing Mac OSX 10.6 inkscape will launch, but immediately
> crashes. Here is the crash report
>
> Process: inkscape-bin [11404]
> Path: /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/
> inkscape-bin
> Identifier: inkscape-bin
> Version: ??? (???)
> Code Type: X86 (Native)
> Parent Process: Inkscape [11402]
>
> Date/Time: 2009-08-29 17:24:49.637 -0700
> OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432)
> Report Version: 6
>
> Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
> Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
> Crashed Thread: 0
>
> Dyld Error Message:
> Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libxml2.2.dylib
> Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/
> Versions/A/Frameworks/DictionaryServices.framework/Versions/A/
> DictionaryServices
> Reason: Incompatible library version: DictionaryServices requires
> version 10.0.0 or later, but libxml2.2.dylib provides version 9.0.0