Mac OS X Notes

Collection of notes useful for trouble-shooting Bibledit-Gtk on Mac OS X.
To update macports; sudo port selfupdate
Macports installs bibledit-gtk in /opt/local/bin/bibledit-gtk
Macports runs the standard ./configure, make, make install sequence. It uses ./configure --prefix=/opt/local
To clean bibledit: sudo port clean --all bibledit
To install bibledit: sudo port install bibledit
To uninstall bibledit: sudo port uninstall bibledit
List the linked libraries: otool -L bibledit-gtk
Macports verbose output: Add the debug flag straight after the port command: port -d ...
Any crash in any app, check "tail /var/log/system.log" for more info.
The bibledit.log log file usually is in a subdirectory of /private/var/folders/. To locate it: find /private/var -name bibledit.log
The portfile is located at /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/textproc/bibledit/Portfile
To create the md5 value for the Portfile: $ md5 bibledit-gtk-x.x.tar.gz
To create the rmd160 for the Portfile: $ openssl rmd160 bibledit-gtk-x.x.tar.gz
To also recursively uninstall the ports that bibledit depends on: $ sudo port uninstall --follow-dependencies bibledit
To display the Mac OS X version and build: $ sw_vers