Re: Compiling GNUStep Tutorial Code on OSX Yosemite 10.10.1

[jimserac]

On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 6:35:15 PM UTC-4, jims...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'd like to try compiling some GNUStep Tutorial Code on OSX Yosemite as Kevin 
> Mitchell's post indicated he has done: (This is my main desktop machine and I 
> just upgraded to Yosemite).
> 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gnu.gnustep.discuss/WVZhlHIVexI
> 
> Using gnustep-make, from homebrew which uses the Cocoa framework.
> 
> To do it, apparently you have to fix or supply the missing 
> RELEASE/AUTORELEASE macros.
> 
> Anyone have a clue how to do that ?
> 
> I spend more time trying to install GNUStep than i do actually using it.
> 
> I had no trouble installing it on Ubuntu 14.04 last summer on a desktop I 
> have since discarded.  Now I try the same steps (posted by Schaub), 
> 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/gnu.gnustep.discuss/ubuntu$20schaub/gnu.gnustep.discuss/MNF0kdagxZ4/B35fBXBpYTwJ
> 
> And in fails in the cmake <space> ..   stating that it can find the pthread.h 
> but is missing some other pthread_code component.
>  
> #install libobjc2 
> cd ~/Downloads/libobjc2 
> mkdir build 
> cd build 
> cmake .. 
> make 
> sudo make install 
> 
> I dream of a stable GNUstep environment were I can actually try out some of 
> the apps instead of wondering which missing component or incompatible version 
> of what, where, is messing up the works.
> 
> Or...should I just use apt-get to install the Debian stuff on Ubuntu 14.04 ?  
> Will that give me enough to do compiles ?
> 
> Hence my question on compiling some of this stuff under a Mac Yosemite ....

I should make clear, the Ubuntu 14.04 I tried to install on is running on a 
Toshiba Laptop, separate computer from the Yosemite one.

Thanks
J.