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0005648Dwarf FortressGeneralpublic2012-03-15 11:472014-07-13 20:42
cyrus_the_great 
Footkerchief 
normalmajoralways
resolvedno change required 
0.34.05 
 
0005648: Game Won't Start on Mac
This is the error message in the terminal when I try to start the game:
Last login: Thu Mar 15 14:37:52 on ttys000
/Users/jamesbelardo/Downloads/df_osx/df ; exit;
[user's]-MacBook-Pro:~ [user]$ /Users/[user]/Downloads/df_osx/df ; exit;
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/[user]/Downloads/df_osx/libs/SDL_ttf.framework/Versions/A/SDL_ttf
  Reason: image not found
/Users/[user]/Downloads/df_osx/df: line 12: 10519 Trace/BPT trap ./dwarfort.exe
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Issue History
2012-03-15 11:47cyrus_the_greatNew Issue
2012-03-15 12:10cyrus_the_greatNote Added: 0021487
2014-07-13 20:42FootkerchiefStatusnew => resolved
2014-07-13 20:42FootkerchiefResolutionopen => no change required
2014-07-13 20:42FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief

Notes
(0021487)
cyrus_the_great   
2012-03-15 12:10   
FIXED:

1) Open Finder
2) SHIFT + COMMAND + G and put in "/usr/"
3) In /usr/: Make a folder called "X11R6"
4) Copy the X11 contents from your /usr/ folder to this new X11R6 folder
5) Copy all the X11 contents from /opt/X11 into that X11R6 folder (overwrite)
6) Done!