Related issue: I installed Gimp a while ago, along with X11, and it worked. Then an Apple upgrade came along, and Gimp quit with the message, "You must have X11 installed". Since I only use gimp occasionally, I didn't worry about it, but it appears the Apple upgrade changed something with X (which still appears int he finder and "runs". This week, I installed Wireshark which also runs under X, and after the installation Gimp started working. The issue is this: The Wireshark installation took THREE HOURS! and now, a cold boot of the Mac takes over five minutes! I've concluded that I must remove this stuff, and (maybe) start over. I violated my cardinal rule - before installing software, be sure you know how to remove it! In my defense, the Mac has made me lazy in that regard, with its "drag to the trash" uninstall procedure. I can get rid of Gimp that way, and I can do a "port uninstall" to get rid of Wireshark, but how do I get rid of Mac Ports? (Wireshark is almost useless due to the AirPort not working in promiscuous mode, and as i said I only use Gimp occasionally.) Walt On Mar 13, 2008, at 7:41 PM, William Siegrist wrote:
No, you need X11 and XCode according to the MacPorts install instructions. See the items marked 1 and 2 on the install page:
http://www.macports.org/install.php
The error "configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables" implies you dont have XCode installed.
-Bill