Maptools (1.4.3.20) won't launch on Mac High Sierra

[dpeet]

First, thanks for your contributions to this!

I tried to launch Maptools on my Mac running High Sierra, and it fails silently. I did some searching and it might be due to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46438558/unable-to-launch-jwrapper-under-macos-high-sierra.

Thanks!

[JamzTheMan]

Hmm, ya, I'm done with jWrapper, especially since they went behind a paywall...

I should be releasing a new 1.4.0.0 version that uses Oracle's packaging and will have a .dmg & .pkg versions. If you want to test a beta version let me know.

[dpeet]

Yeah that's about what I was reading. I'm totally down to beta test if you can send it my way

[JamzTheMan]

Cool, I need more Mac/Linux testers. Especially Mac because VM's are touchy...

If you are in the testing mood, check out http://tokentool.nerps.net/ 😄
It's using the same new packaging and rewritten in FX!

[dpeet]

Looks like that loaded! Do you have the 1.4 version of maptools available as well?

[JamzTheMan]

Soon... :) (I'll try and build it now, Travis can take 15 mins though for Mac build)

[dpeet]

Sounds good!

[dpeet]

@JamzTheMan I saw the source code get released, but not dmgs. Should I look somewhere special for that?

[JamzTheMan]

I'm still working on it... I have CI issues I'm ironing out still...

[dpeet]

Oh no problem! Good luck!

[dracwyrm]

@JamzTheMan I can confirm that the 1.4.4.0 branch is working on Gentoo Linux, but with a few tricks that need to be done. 🗡

I really want to get this to work on a Raspberry Pi 3, but JavaFX seems to have disappeared from the Arm versions of Java. :(

[JamzTheMan]

OK, finally got the Windows & Linux installs to build via CI (I also post the JAR for manual operation)

Now, once Travis gets done with the MacOS backlog, hopefully that will build sometime today...

https://travis-ci.org/JamzTheMan/MapTool/jobs/309727190

[JamzTheMan]

ok, give this a try: https://github.com/JamzTheMan/MapTool/releases/tag/1.4.4.0b8

[dracwyrm]

@JamzTheMan Small request, for Linux, would you be able to place the MapTool.desktop file in the /usr/share/applications directory so it will appear in the "start" menu of different DEs? That's the only tweak that I'm seeing so far. :)

[JamzTheMan]

I can take a look but not sure that's an option with javapackager too. There's a "permissions" options which I know it drives where it gets installed in Windows and I also the Windows setup prompts for install location...but I don't think there are many options for deb.

I wish there was more unification for Linux but between all the flavors and then all the DE's I doubt it'll ever work for 'all' of them.

If you can find a way to do this with Gradle, I'll def integrate it!

[dpeet]

looks like it launched on my Mac! I'll close this for now

For what it's worth, it put it on the desktop instead of in the applications folder which is more normal

[JamzTheMan]

Did you use the dmg or pkg?

Where does tokentool land when you install it?

[dpeet]

I used the dmg. tokentool also links to the desktop. You can see in the below picture what you would see. A normal installer links to the applications folder instead

[JamzTheMan]

Can you try the pkg? I know I tested the tokentool on Mac vm and it installed normally. I didn't try the dmg yet.

[dpeet]

maptool.pkg put it in the right place!

[JamzTheMan]

Cool. I'm not a Mac expert but for dmg don't u have to drag to application folder to install there?

[dpeet]

normally the installer folder (in the image above) would have the app on the left and a link to the application folder, and the drag and drop action causes the app to be installed in the application folder.