Joomla on Mac OS X Lion

Hi
I installed Joomla 1.5 from a Bitnami stack over a year ago on a mac, and all has been working well until I upgraded my mac from os x 10.6 to 10.7 Lion. Now when I execute ctlscript.sh, I get the error
‘Launch of “my_print_defaults.bin” failed: the PowerPC architecture is no longer supported.’

And of course mysql, apache, Joomla don’t run.

Not an expert at this, but is there a revised script that I can use for the newer Intel (not PPC) based Macs.

Help please (because I don’t really want to go back to an older os x 10.6)

Thanks

Hello daveth:

Have you installed a PPC version of Joomla! stack? Rosetta support (the program that OS X uses to run PPC programs in compatibility mode) was dropped in OS X Lion.

You could go back to Snow Leopard, create a database backup of Joomla!, reinstall Lion, install an Intel version of Joomla! stack, restore any customizations or plugins you had and restore the database backup you made earlier.

Hope this helps you.

Regards,
Josué

Hi Josué
Thanks very much for that advice. Unfortunately I’m still having trouble. I’ve now tried to reinstall the Bitnami Joomla 1.5.23-0 x86 stack (I must have had a PPC stack) on a Mac (now running OS X 10.7) and now have the following error message:

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libltdl.3.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/joomla-1.5.23-0/*/php.bin
Reason: image not found

The message at the end of the failed installation indicates error running /applications/joomla-1.5.23-0/php is something like:

Error running /Applications/joomla-1.5.23-0/php/bin/php -q /Applications/joomla-1.5.23-0/php/bin/fixreg.php /Applications/joomla-1.5.23-0/php/lib/php/.registry @@BITROCK_PHP_ROOT@@ / Applications/joomla-1.5.23-0/php : dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libltdl.3.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/joomla-1.5.23-0/php/bin/php.bin
Reason: image not found
daveth

Hello daveth,

Could you check if /usr/lib/libltdl.3.dylib exists? You can do that by issuing the following command in a terminal:

ls /usr/lib/libltdl.3.dylib

Regards,
Josué

Hi
Thanks. No, that libltdl.3.dylib does not exist; there are 16 .3.dylib files in my library folders, but not the file in the error message.
I have done some further research and also contacted Apple support. The Mac x86 version of Joomla! I downloaded is presumably 32 bit, while the new Lion operating system is 64 bit. I think this means there is an incompatibility. Is there a 64 bit Intel version of the Joomla stack to download? (and if not, how long before one might be available) And does this have implications for other stacks on Mac OS X Lion?
daveth

Hi daveth,

I have just checked that we found this bug when the user had installed XCode tools and it was fixed in the BitNami Joomla! Stack 1.6 and later. If you need Joomla! 1.5.x, can you try to installing the latest BitNami MAMPStack (that should also have this issue fixed) and then install the BitNami Joomla! module?

If you are ok with a newer version of Joomla!. Could you use the latest version of the BitNami Joomla! Stack?

victoria
Thanks very much. Your advice has solved my problem. I installed the Bitnami MAMPStack and then the Joomla! module (and then aligned everything with my previous htdocs). And as a bonus, I noticed I have a nicer interface (manager-osx) rather than a having to use terminal to start Joomla! etc. Next thing for me to do is to see if it is possible to easily install many Joomla! sites over one Bitnami MAMP stack – I’ll check fora to see if that can be easily done.
Thanks again. Very much appreciated.
daveth

I’m glad it works for you and also that you like the new manager tool :) Regarding installing multiple Joomla! sites you may find useful this