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Posted by James Whiting
James Whiting
39,124 Points

Node-webkit and running an svgo-gui on OSX?

So I have this downloaded https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit as well this for OSX https://github.com/svg/svgo-gui

I would like to compile and run the svgo-gui app. I cannot seem to get it to open, can some please help me with the correct process and command lines to get this to work.

Thank you in advanced.

Ross

5 Answers

Dave McFarland
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Dave McFarland
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Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
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I've installed a program called the "Unarchiver" -- it's free and you can find it at the app store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-unarchiver/id425424353?mt=12

I guess Macs don't natively unzip .7z files -- as least not by just clicking on them. There may be a command line way to do it, but the unarchiver is free and works for me

Dave McFarland
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Dave McFarland
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Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Hi James Whiting

I just download the SVGO-Gui app from Github. It is in a compressed .z format, but it opened automatically for me on my mac. It's then just an app that you double-click to launch. I was able to drag SVG files onto it and it worked.

What's happening in your case?

James Whiting
James Whiting
39,124 Points
James Whiting
James Whiting
39,124 Points

When I go here https://github.com/svg/svgo-gui and download this file for OSX svgo-gui-osx-ia32.7z and double click it. I get this message:

Cannot extract package

Failed to unzip the package file: /Users/RW/Desktop/svgo-gui-osx-ia32.7z

Any thoughts would be very helpful. Thanks

Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
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Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
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What browser are you using and which version of OSX?

James Whiting
James Whiting
39,124 Points
James Whiting
James Whiting
39,124 Points

Chrome and OX 10.9.3

James Whiting
James Whiting
39,124 Points
James Whiting
James Whiting
39,124 Points

Chrome and OX 10.9.3