GLE - Mac Installation Instructions

Installing GLE

The recommended way to install GLE on a Mac is to compile and install the source code.
  1. Make sure you have the Developer Tools installed (these should be available on your OS/X DVD).
  2. Download and unzip GLE-x.y.z-src.zip to $HOME.
  3. Execute these commands in a terminal: 
    cd $HOME/gle4
./configure --with-libgle
make clean
make
make install
gle -info
    Make sure to include the configure option '--with-libgle' as shown above.
  4. Now try running "gle".
More information about compiling GLE in general can be found in The GLE Compilation Guide.

If you have any further questions about the installation, please feel free to contact the GLE mailing list.

Installing QGLE (The User Interface)

  1. Install MacPorts.
  2. Install GhostScript with: 
    sudo port install ghostscript +gslib
  3. Install the "Qt Open Source Edition for C++ Developers: Mac Download" from TrollTech.
  4. Recompile GLE: 
    cd $HOME/gle4
./configure --with-qt=/path/to/Qt
make clean
make
make install
    Make sure to replace "/path/to/Qt" with the location where you installed Qt.
  5. Now try running "qgle". If it asks you for the GhostScript library, select the ".dylib" file that is in the GhostScript framework folder.

Thanks to Edd Edmondson for pointing out how to install the GhostScript framework.