[Wine] Wine and OS X

[Kevin Horton]

On 5 Mar 2008, at 22:01, James McKenzie wrote:

> Xelinis wrote:
>> James McKenzie wrote:
>>
>>> Xelinis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, I am aware of Darwine but I've heard mixed opinions on how  
>>>> to get it up and running.  Some say Fink, some say Macports,  
>>>> others say compile from source.  However, at the same time, I've  
>>>> heard complaints about all of the above options, particularly  
>>>> with OpenGL support.  I'm just wondering if there's anyone here  
>>>> who can clear this up.
>>>>
>> Thank you for the detailed response but do you suppose you could  
>> elaborate a bit more on using a different X11?  Like I said  
>> before, my experience with Macs is a bit limited.
>>
> You could install X11 from either Fink or Macports and then build  
> Darwine using them.  I have no use at this time for OpenGL as none  
> of the programs I run uses it.  I use Fink for my ported software  
> and additionally recommend visiting the Fink web site for more  
> information.
>
Darwine is not available as a Fink package.  Darwine is not really  
compatible with Fink, as it messes with freetype-config, and that  
screws up X11 for some Fink packages.  I found this out the hard way:

http://tinyurl.com/2p53nt

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Kevin Horton
Ottawa, Canada