[udig-devel] Installing OS X version of uDig

[Jody Garnett]

Michael Brasser wrote:
> On May 2, 2006, at 10:24 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 2, 2006, at 7:41 AM, Michael Brasser wrote:
>>
>>> I installed uDig 1.1.M8 on my home computer (running OS X version 
>>> 10.4.5) earlier this week. Some information that might be helpful 
>>> for other OS X users:
>>>
>>> 1. Java Advanced Imaging is automatically installed with 10.4. Users 
>>> still using 10.3 can download and install JAI from 
>>> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/java3dandjavaadvancedimagingupdate.html 
>>>
>>> (reference: http://developer.apple.com/java/faq/apis.html#anchor1)
>>>
>> But uDig requires Java 5/1.5 which can only be installed on Tiger.  
>> Manually installing it on Panther is unsupported and may not 
>> completely work.
>>
>>> 2. Image I/O is NOT automatically installed, and needs to be 
>>> manually installed to support some of uDig's functions (I found this 
>>> out when trying to load a world file for the first time). There is 
>>> no specific OS X version of Image I/O, but jai_imageio.jar from the 
>>> Windows or Linux installers 
>>> (http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/downloads/download-iio-1_0_01.html) 
>>> can be used by placing the jar in 
>>> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Home/lib/ext 
>>> before running uDig.
>>> (reference: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOT/2.2+Dependencies)
>>>
>> Instead of putting extensions in the System, where they may get 
>> trashed by system updates, put them in /Library/Java/Extensions, or 
>> your home, ~/Library/Java/Extensions.  Java is supposed to look in 
>> these places for user extensions.
>>
>> -----
>> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos at kyngchaos.com>
>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>
> William,
>
> Thanks for the clarifications. I have moved jai_imageio.jar to one of 
> the directories you suggested.
>
> For the uDig team: would it be possible to add the relevant 
> information to the uDig OS X FAQ entry 
> (http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/When+will+Mac+OS+X+support+be+available)? 
> I've drafted a simple version, if that helps:
>
> "uDig currently supports Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). Earlier versions of OS 
> X are not supported (?) because uDig requires Java 5, which Apple only 
> provides for 10.4.
>
> "For better uDig support, you should manually install the Java 
> Advanced Imaging Image I/O Tools extension (link: 
> http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/downloads/download-iio-1_0_01.html) 
> to your computer. There is no native OS X download, however, you can 
> use jai_imageio.jar from the Linux or Windows download for pure Java 
> functionality. This file should be copied to /Library/Java/Extensions 
> or ~/Library/Java/Extensions before running uDig."
>
Thanks, just thought I should point out that the website is a wiki and 
you can log in and edit anything you see.
jody