can not run a program as standard user

goudeuk · Feb 12, 2016

Hello everyone

I'm using a program called Pymol on my mac mini. I installed it using homeBrew, the free package manager for OSX. The installation was done with no problems and the application launches after typing "pymol" on the command-line. However it only works when I'm logged in as administrator but not as a standard user.

When I try to launch the program I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File
"/usr/local/Cellar/pymol/1.7.6.0_1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymol/__init__.py",
line 71, in <module>
import pymol
File
"/usr/local/Cellar/pymol/1.7.6.0_1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymol/__init__.py",
line 521, in <module>
import pymol._cmd
ImportError:
dlopen(/usr/local/Cellar/pymol/1.7.6.0_1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymol/_cmd.so,
2): Library not loaded: /opt/X11/lib/libpng15.15.dylib
Referenced from:
/usr/local/Cellar/pymol/1.7.6.0_1/libexec/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymol/_cmd.so
Reason: Incompatible library version: _cmd.so requires version 39.0.0
or later, but libpng15.15.dylib provides version 34.0.0

Does anyone know how I can make the program usable by standard users?

Please note that homebrew installed Pymol in /usr/local/Cellar/. I have added this path inside /etc/paths and I can see it when I type

Code:

echo $PATH

but it still produces the same error.

Any suggestions please?

Many thanks

vansmith · Feb 12, 2016

There are some instructions here about making Homebrew apps work for standard users.

goudeuk · Feb 12, 2016

Solved

You are a star. It works.

Many thanks for the link.

can not run a program as standard user

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