[lkb] LKB on MacBook Pro (OSX 10.4)

[John Carroll]

You're right, the current MCL-based version of the LKB won't run on  
the new Intel-based Macs. I have a MacBook Pro myself, so this also  
affects me. I believe there is a port of the LKB to OpenMCL using LUI  
as the interface, but this would have the same problem, since OpenMCL  
also doesn't work on these machines.

The only options I can see are to

1. use a commercial Lisp with CLIM (e.g. Allegro). I'm not going to  
be buying this for MacOS/Intel.

2. use sbcl (free) with LUI. I intend to trying doing this eventually  
but haven't got time in the next few months.

3. run the Windows version on top of Parallels or Boot Camp.

John

On 3 Sep 2006, at 22:21, Roussanka Loukanova wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 1. I tried the pre-compiled version for the Mac ppc in the <http:// 
> lingo.stanford.edu/ftp/stable/>, but it didn't work under intel,  
> i.e., on the MacBook Pro.
>
> 2. I do not have any license for Common Lisp (and can't afford such).
>
> 3. I've tried kb_macos.ppc.32.tgz <http://lingo.stanford.edu/ftp/ 
> test/>. It doesn't work (or, may be, I do not know how to make it  
> working): clicking on the application's image doesn't yield anything.
>
> It would be very nice if someone prepare a pre-compiled version for  
> the intel Macs. I do not have anymore the Powerbook. I'm sure other  
> people are switching to intel macs.
>
> Roussanka
>
> On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, Ann Copestake wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> you say you've downloaded the source files, but you don't mention
>> compiling them - were you doing this before?  If you don't have a
>> licence for Common Lisp, then you can't compile the source and you'll
>> need to use MacOs binaries - there's a lkb_macos.ppc.32.tgz in the
>> test directory on the ftp server, though nothing in latest.  (Using
>> the binaries is easier even you can do the compilation.)  Since I
>> don't use MacOS, I don't know whether this will work - Stephan may be
>> able to confirm whether it should, but maybe you could just try it?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ann
>>
>
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