[CWB] Character encoding problems when transferring corpus

[Josep M. Fontana]

Hi again,

This is hellish. I spent a lot of time trying to uninstall MacPorts but 
whatever it is that prevents me from running MacPorts is also preventing 
me from uninstalling it.

Anyway, I installed Homebrew but I still have problems installing the 
external Glib2 library. The error message I get when trying to install 
glib2 via Homebrew is:

"No available formula for glib2"

JM
>> OK, I followed Stefan's directions and I have been able to move a step closer. I still have not managed to run cwb-install-mac-osx because I keep on getting an error message saying that I need the external Glib2 library. It also tells me that external libraries seem to be provided by MacPorts.
> That's only because it detects your MacPorts installation.  The install script checks both for MacPorts and for HomeBrew / manual installs in /usr/local
>
>> When I try to install Glib2 via MacPorts, I get stuck in:
>>
>> --->  Attempting to fetch expat-2.0.1.tar.gz from http://iweb.dl.sourceforge.net/expat
> Sounds like your Internet connection doesn't work properly, or perhaps your MacPorts is out of date.  Did you remember to update the ports definitions ("port selfupgrade" IIRC)?
>
>> Does anybody know any way to install Glib2 without having to resort to MacPorts? In fact I really want to get rid of MacPorts because it has always given me too many problems.
> That's why I recommend to use HomeBrew, which doesn't insist on installing its own (and often multiple) copies of all the software already provided by Apple.
>
> See "INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR MAC OS X" in the INSTALL file, which explains in detail how to build CWB with HomeBrew.
>
> I suppose that in the mid to long run it would be nice to provide a HomeBrew formula for CWB, but I don't think I'll have any time to spare on this project in the near future.
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan
>
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