Hi Matt,
Thank you for the feedback it is most helpful addition to t he
pool of information.
FYI - I do not have a Mac system in my pool of different systems;
only occasionally getting access when at an event where someone
asks if I can help install Sailwave on their Mac system.
I pulled together various bits of information I found on this
SUG, other resources & what I knew from my Linux systems, and
put together a set of install instructions a couple of years ago
that seemed to work using WINEBottler. However, these instructions
now need updating especially as WINEBottler is based on WINE 2.0
if one uses the development version and WINE 1.8 if one uses the
stable version. Sailwave 2-26-0 and newer needs at least WINE 3.0+
based on the testing I have done.
Yes I agree finding where the template, scripts etc are located
in Linux & Mac using the standard install. I have these
folders in cloud storage [Dropbox in my case], then I can have
the same Sailwave environment across all the systems I run
Sailwave on. The paths to these folders have to be set-up on each
system running Sailwave, but it is a easy to do.
Look forward to any other hints and tips you might have for
Sailwave users who run Sailwave on MacOS systems.
In case you have not found out yet, there is one part of Sailwave
that does not run on MacOS & Linux systems, this is the
progressive rating system [RYA NHC] that uses external mode as
this relies on using Excel and Microsoft message passing
protocols. On Microsoft Windows system this functionality allows
competent users of Excel to modify the calculation algorithms to
their own requirements.
Kind regards,
Huw
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On 23/02/2019 01:50, [sailwave] wrote:
mdb561@gmail.com
Hello Huw,
I would not classify Wine as easy, but if you use an
install package at the link below, it should be relatively
straightforward.
https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/macosx/download.html
I just installed version 4.2, based on your note. It
seems to work fine, so far with sailwave.
After I installed version 4.2, there was nothing for
me to do on the sailwave 2.27.0 side, as that was
already set up. But if you also need to install and set
up sailwave, there are a few tricks to finding where all
the various sailwave template, script, etc. files are
located. Post a question if you need a specific issue
addressed.
I think cleaning out all the old Wine versions is
often recommended before installing a new Wine version.
That might be a chore; it was for me as I had many
older versions installed in various locations on the
disk, as well as some versions installed with macports,
some with homebrew, (I know - you are not supposed to
use both macports and homebrew on the same computer) and
other installs from the who knows where. I think I got
all of them uninstalled, or mostly uninstalled and
everything seems to be running fine so far.
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