problems with growl.....new user

frost · Post by **frost** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:56 pm

i've just installed growl and the only application it recognizes in the preferences is Synergy. I installed GrowlDict, GrowlTunes and GrowlMail, but I cannot get growlnotify to install -- when i enter the command into the Terminal, I get "no such file or directory".

Please advise....

Post by **The_Tick** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:24 pm

Did you run the install.sh from the command line like the readme said to?

frost · Post by **frost** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:07 am

The_Tick wrote:Did you run the install.sh from the command line like the readme said to?

with growlnotify, yes.

however, i get an error...

i type "sudo sh install.sh" and it says "no such file or directory"

I also followed the instructions with GrowlMail and still no recognition in the prefpane.

Post by **The_Tick** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:13 am

frost wrote:
The_Tick wrote:Did you run the install.sh from the command line like the readme said to?
with growlnotify, yes.

however, i get an error...

i type "sudo sh install.sh" and it says "no such file or directory"

Drag and drop the growlnotify folder in Extras to your desktop. Then open a terminal, and cd into the folder. Then run the "sudo sh install.sh" command.

frost wrote: I also followed the instructions with GrowlMail and still no recognition in the prefpane.

You ran the 2 commands in terminal after mail.app was not running, then put the bundle into ~/Library/Mail/Bundles and started Mail right?

frost · Post by **frost** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:50 am

The_Tick wrote:
frost wrote:
The_Tick wrote:Did you run the install.sh from the command line like the readme said to?
with growlnotify, yes.

however, i get an error...

i type "sudo sh install.sh" and it says "no such file or directory"
Drag and drop the growlnotify folder in Extras to your desktop. Then open a terminal, and cd into the folder. Then run the "sudo sh install.sh" command.

frost wrote: I also followed the instructions with GrowlMail and still no recognition in the prefpane.
You ran the 2 commands in terminal after mail.app was not running, then put the bundle into ~/Library/Mail/Bundles and started Mail right?

ok, I got the installation to work, and the mail and dict extras work as well.

the initial problem still exists though...none of the Growl compatable apps will add themselves to the prefpane (Adium, QuickSilver), but Cyberduck added itself...

Post by **The_Tick** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:55 am

frost wrote:
the initial problem still exists though...none of the Growl compatable apps will add themselves to the prefpane (Adium, QuickSilver), but Cyberduck added itself...

For adium, you have to get info on adium and then check the Growl.adiumplugin in the plugins section

For Quicksilver you have to download a plugin, enable the helper, and then set it to do something with the helper

frost · Post by **frost** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:20 am

The_Tick wrote:
frost wrote:
the initial problem still exists though...none of the Growl compatable apps will add themselves to the prefpane (Adium, QuickSilver), but Cyberduck added itself...

For adium, you have to get info on adium and then check the Growl.adiumplugin in the plugins section

For Quicksilver you have to download a plugin, enable the helper, and then set it to do something with the helper

is there a place or list that tells you things like this for specific apps?

FredAkbar · Post by **FredAkbar** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:38 am

I had the same problem, with apps not being added to the pref pane. Eventually Adium added itself, but I'd like to add Colloquy as well. Colloquy already gives me Growl-like bubbles (I can only assume it's using Growl), but I'd like to see any available prefs for it too.

Post by **The_Tick** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:44 am

FredAkbar wrote:I had the same problem, with apps not being added to the pref pane. Eventually Adium added itself, but I'd like to add Colloquy as well. Colloquy already gives me Growl-like bubbles (I can only assume it's using Growl), but I'd like to see any available prefs for it too.

It's not. The bubbles author works on both Growl and Colloquy. If colloquy is not in your Growl preferences, it's not using Growl.

ripthejacker · Post by **ripthejacker** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:47 pm

I've been trying to get growlmail to work and for some reason it doesn't want to work. I have followed all the instructions. I put the GrowlMail.mailbundle package into ~/Library/Mail/Bundles/ and ran the 2 commands. I also installed the growlnotify by putting it on my desktop and running: sudo sh ~/Desktop/growlnotify/install.sh

I got this when I did: cp: growlnotify: No such file or directory
cp: growlnotify.1: No such file or directory
Installation complete. Please add /usr/local/bin to your PATH if you have not already. Consult your shell's documentation if you do not know how to do this.

I am not sure if that means it was done correctly. And what is "Please add /usr/local/bin to your PATH"?

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:36 am

ripthejacker wrote:I've been trying to get growlmail to work and for some reason it doesn't want to work. I have followed all the instructions. I put the GrowlMail.mailbundle package into ~/Library/Mail/Bundles/ and ran the 2 commands. I also installed the growlnotify by putting it on my desktop and running: sudo sh ~/Desktop/growlnotify/install.sh

I got this when I did: cp: growlnotify: No such file or directory
cp: growlnotify.1: No such file or directory
Installation complete. Please add /usr/local/bin to your PATH if you have not already. Consult your shell's documentation if you do not know how to do this.

I am not sure if that means it was done correctly. And what is "Please add /usr/local/bin to your PATH"?

OK, so when you run the install script, you need to be in that directory:

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cd Desktop/growlnotify; ./install.sh

Next, you need to add this line to .tcshrc if you're using tcsh:

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setenv PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH

ripthejacker · Post by **ripthejacker** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:13 am

Sorry to be a nuisance but I am unfamiliar with the terminal. Could you be a little more specific?

Post by **The_Tick** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:40 am

ripthejacker wrote:Sorry to be a nuisance but I am unfamiliar with the terminal. Could you be a little more specific?

growlnotify is a terminal application which allows you to send notifications from the terminal. If this is something you want, you will need to figure out how to add /usr/local/bin to your shell's path. You can find out what shell you have by typing:

echo $SHELL

in a terminal. Beyond that I would use google to get the exact instructions on your shell.

If you do not need to use growlnotify, I'd just ignore it.

Regarding growlmail, I've had an issue with another user on that before. Basically I had her remove GrowlMail completed after quitting Mail, and rerun the commands. Then she reopened mail, and quit it again. Then she readded GrowlMail and it worked.

ripthejacker · Post by **ripthejacker** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:05 pm

I tried to do the process a few times and it still seems to not be working.

is it supposed to show up in the growl prefpane?

Post by **The_Tick** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:43 pm

What version of os x and what version of apple mail?

ripthejacker · Post by **ripthejacker** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:42 am

10.3.8 and 1.3.9

Jeshii · Post by **Jeshii** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:25 am

Hi, I'm a first time growl user (just switched to Mac recently) and I'm having some growlnotify install issues. Basically, when I go to the growlnotify folder on my desktop (pulled out of the extras in the dmg), I type 'sudo sh ./install.sh' and it tells me:

cp: /usr/local/bin/growlnotify: No such file or directory
cp: /usr/local/man/man1/growlnotify.1: No such file or directory
Installation complete. Please add /usr/local/bin to your PATH if you have not already. Consult your shell's documentation if you do not know how to do this.

Now, if I type 'echo $PATH', it says:

/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:usr/local/bin

And if I go into /usr, and ls, there is no local dir. I tried mkdir, but it kept telling me Permission denied.

So it doesn't look like I even have a usr/local dir, let alone a usr/local/bin. Any ideas? Thanks.

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problems with growl.....new user

problems with growl.....new user

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