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MonoMac-based version of Tomboy.
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Tomboy fails to recognize Mono installed by Brew #44

Open IVXCVI opened 9 years ago

IVXCVI commented 9 years ago

Tried running your version of Tomboy and it still asks for Mono. Currently version 3.10.0 is installed. Also, is there any hope of porting Tomboy to brew? Does Tomboy need root permissions in order to work?

Thanks,

rashoodkhan commented 9 years ago

That's strange. As far as I know, Tomboy does not require root permissions in order to work. For each user, Tomboy creates a directory in the home folder which definitely does not require root permissions.

Rashid Khan http://www.imrashid.com

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:47 PM, IVXCVI notifications@github.com wrote:

Tried running your version of Tomboy and it still asks for Mono. Currently version 3.10.0 is installed. Also, is there any hope of porting Tomboy to brew? Does Tomboy need root permissions in order to work?

Thanks,

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/tomboy-notes/tomboy.osx/issues/44.

IVXCVI commented 9 years ago

Well the binary referred to in the README.md found here asks for my password on install. I found it odd but proceeded. After it was installed, it showed a diolog box mentioning that Mono for Mac still needed to be installed. The same version it asked for is already on my system. It gave the option to go to the page containing the binary or close the application. I never bothered installing the Mono binary because it's already on my system through Homebrew.

rashoodkhan commented 9 years ago

I think the reason it asks for a root password is because it installs the application in /Applications/ on OSX, hence needs root for that.

I will check with the brew installation of mono on my machine and try to resolve the issue. Thanks for pointing out.

IVXCVI commented 9 years ago

If thats the case, how does the drag & drop installation of certain applications get around asking for passwords?

On December 10, 2014 12:12:10 AM CST, Rashid Khan notifications@github.com wrote:

I think the reason it asks for a root password is because it installs the application in /Applications/ on OSX, hence needs root for that.

I will check with the brew installation of mono on my machine and try to resolve the issue. Thanks for pointing out.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/tomboy-notes/tomboy.osx/issues/44#issuecomment-66408964

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rashoodkhan commented 9 years ago

The drag and drop installations which do not require passwords, install the software in ~/Applications/ which is local the user installing, hence no passwords required. Tomboy on other hand is installed in /Applications/ which is global applications. I think maybe we should move to the drag & drop model with local user installation.

Rashid Khan http://www.imrashid.com

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 1:32 PM, IVXCVI notifications@github.com wrote:

If thats the case, how does the drag & drop installation of certain applications get around asking for passwords?

On December 10, 2014 12:12:10 AM CST, Rashid Khan < notifications@github.com> wrote:

I think the reason it asks for a root password is because it installs the application in /Applications/ on OSX, hence needs root for that.

I will check with the brew installation of mono on my machine and try to resolve the issue. Thanks for pointing out.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

https://github.com/tomboy-notes/tomboy.osx/issues/44#issuecomment-66408964

Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/tomboy-notes/tomboy.osx/issues/44#issuecomment-66416399 .