From d58f1f32e75b13cf3589ab24935eb611bc347cbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akshay Arora Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:35:46 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update OSX Install instructions for MakeSymlinks fixes #6202 --- doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst b/doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst index 44242bdac..4f52e6cea 100644 --- a/doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst +++ b/doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst @@ -54,7 +54,13 @@ To install Kivy, you must: https://kivy.org/downloads/ and download `Kivy-*-osx-python*.dmg`. 2. Open the dmg 3. Copy the Kivy.app to /Applications. - 4. Create a symlink by running the `makesymlinks` in the window that opens when you open the dmg + 4. Create a symlink by running the `makesymlinks` in the window that opens when you open the dmg. + + If you have trouble running this script, you can try right-click->Open or just add the link manually + by running the following command:: + `ln -s /Applications/Kivy/Contents/Resources/script /usr/local/bin/kivy` + version is either 2/3 based on which version of the app did you download. + 5. Examples and all the normal kivy tools are present in the Kivy.app/Contents/Resources/kivy directory. You should now have a `kivy` script that you can use to launch your kivy app from the terminal. From 992bccf2391e511ea85f454dc26afafd76dd6d63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akshay Arora Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:26:55 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update installation-osx.rst --- doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst b/doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst index 4f52e6cea..b1987443a 100644 --- a/doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst +++ b/doc/sources/installation/installation-osx.rst @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ To install Kivy, you must: If you have trouble running this script, you can try right-click->Open or just add the link manually by running the following command:: - `ln -s /Applications/Kivy/Contents/Resources/script /usr/local/bin/kivy` + `sudo ln -s /Applications/Kivy/Contents/Resources/script /usr/local/bin/kivy` version is either 2/3 based on which version of the app did you download. 5. Examples and all the normal kivy tools are present in the Kivy.app/Contents/Resources/kivy directory.