Re: Alternative way of running zenmap on Mac OSX (Snow Leopard)

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:05:53PM +0530, vidyuth d wrote:
> I am Vidyuth and I am a Mac user, so i would like to know is there other way
> of installing zenmap on Mac OS without the help of fink or macports. I know
> it requires GTK , so any workaround? maybe if i am right can we write zenmap
> as a Cocoa application? ( correct me if i am wrong in terminology as i am
> new to mac.). This is my first mail to mailing list.

Hello, thanks for writing. The easiest way to use Zenmap is with the
installer from http://nmap.org/download.html#macosx. You want a file
with the extension ".dmg". Complete instructions are here:

http://nmap.org/book/inst-macosx.html#inst-macosx-installer

The executable installer has GTK+ and all other dependencies (which come
from MacPorts) built in.

As for rewriting Zenmap as a Cocoa application, that sounds like a lot
of work, the worst of which is a new separate application to maintain.
However I have been meaning to try the Quartz implementation of GTK+
that MacPorts can install. If that works, it would remove the dependency
on X11 and the application would fit into the desktop better.

David Fifield
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