Re: weird installation error

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Hi Greg,

To avoid issues on MacOSX, I've pointed people to the curated build by
Valerioa.

https://github.com/valerioa/Inkscape-MacOS-Curated-Build/releases

While not a sanctioned build by Inkscape, it is the most stable and
strait forward for Mac users to use.

Best Regards, Martin Owens

On Mon, 2018-06-25 at 17:14 -0400, Gregory Norcie wrote:
> Thanks, good point :) 
> 
> I'm on macOS 10.13.5 and it's Inkscape 0.91
> 
> - Greg
> 
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Victor Westmann <victor.westmann@gma
> il.com> wrote:
> > Hi Gregory 
> > 
> > I am a long time Windows user so am not too sure on how to help you
> > but maybe if you tell us which inkscape version you installed and
> > what MacOS version do you have that could be a good start. :)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 2:02 PM Gregory Norcie, <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I recently attempted to install Inkscape.
> > > 
> > > I did not throughly read the documentation, so I ended up
> > > installing Inkscape without instaling Xquartz. When the dialog
> > > about X11 appeared, I became confused, returned to the website,
> > > saw my error, and installed Xquartz.
> > > 
> > > Now when I click to start Inkscape, nothing happens - no dialog
> > > to specify the X11 path, nothing, no icons appear.
> > > 
> > > I tried uninstalling Inkscape (dragging to trash, emptying trash)
> > > then reinstalling, but I still get no UI nor any option to
> > > specify where X11 is.
> > > 
> > > I'm extremely confused on how I can recover from this error state
> > > - does anyone have any suggestions?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > - Greg
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