Any Mac gurus out there want to help?

[discgo]

So I recently made the switch from ubuntu to Mac and love it! 24" iMac is where it's at. Got SC up and running great, iTunes is rocking as well. I can't seem to install the iTunes Update plug in, I posted in the plugins forum and have received no responses so far (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62742)

Any Mac gurus available to lend a hand? My goal is to have the iTunes stats/ratings mirror the SC ones. I have the ratings going from iTunes to SC fine using custom scan and that works fine. I need SC to iTunes updating and I'm set.

Any help is much appreciated!

enjoy the music...

[jabba]

You switched from Linux so this should not be a big deal for you.

To install update plugin, you need to install and compile lots of little perl scripts. Full instructions what you really need are in the README file if I remember correctly. If you install Developer's Tools, you should have everything to be able to do that. Just follow the instructions and the plugin should be installed and working correctly.

[discgo]

You switched from Linux so this should not be a big deal for you.

To install update plugin, you need to install and compile lots of little perl scripts. Full instructions what you really need are in the README file if I remember correctly. If you install Developer's Tools, you should have everything to be able to do that. Just follow the instructions and the plugin should be installed and working correctly.

i thought the same thing, I followed the README file and I now get the following error when installing Mac::AppleScript:Glue

cpan> install Mac::AppleScript::Glue
Warning: Cannot install Mac::AppleScript::Glue, don't know what it is.
Try the command

i /Mac::AppleScript::Glue/

to find objects with matching identifiers.

i think cpan is not configured correctly, I've reconfigured it several times with no luck.

Anyone?

[Goodsounds]

So I recently made the switch from ubuntu to Mac and love it! 24" iMac is where it's at. Got SC up and running great, iTunes is rocking as well. I can't seem to install the iTunes Update plug in, I posted in the plugins forum and have received no responses so far (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62742)

Any Mac gurus available to lend a hand? My goal is to have the iTunes stats/ratings mirror the SC ones. I have the ratings going from iTunes to SC fine using custom scan and that works fine. I need SC to iTunes updating and I'm set.

Any help is much appreciated!

enjoy the music...

I can't help you, but I have a few thoughts:

1. Try to avoid posting in more than one forum
2. Mac users seem to be a small minority among SB owners
3. Many (though not all) of the experts are linux users who don't seem to be very accepting about other approaches to life. Meaning, your request for Mac help, having jettisoned linux, isn't necessarily going to shake them out of their trees, even if they may be able to help.

Good luck.

[discgo]

Thanks for the advice, sorry for posting in two forums. I should have known better. I think I'm going to have to take this to a Perl board as it's seems to be an issue outside of SC.

enjoy the music...

[epoch1970]

I'm not an expert but I'm not prejudiced against machines.

I could build Mac::AppleScript::Glue on my mac via CPAN.
Do you try typing "i/Mac::AppleScript::Glue/" within CPAN and see what it says ?
Anyway, since I don't use the plugin I can't help you much more than this.

Except perhaps about the MacPorts route: Macports is the equivalent of FreeBSD Ports on Darwin.
Download macports: www.macports.org
Then try "sudo port install p5-mac-applescript-glue"

Note that Apple's Perl distribution, CPAN's, MacPort's may differ in versions. Be careful when you draw random packages from different sources.

Usually I use macports. It has a much broader coverage, in case you miss some linux utilities, you may well find them there :)

[discgo]

I'm not an expert but I'm not prejudiced against machines.

I could build Mac::AppleScript::Glue on my mac via CPAN.
Do you try typing "i/Mac::AppleScript::Glue/" within CPAN and see what it says ?
Anyway, since I don't use the plugin I can't help you much more than this.

Except perhaps about the MacPorts route: Macports is the equivalent of FreeBSD Ports on Darwin.
Download macports: www.macports.org
Then try "sudo port install p5-mac-applescript-glue"

Note that Apple's Perl distribution, CPAN's, MacPort's may differ in versions. Be careful when you draw random packages from different sources.

Usually I use macports. It has a much broader coverage, in case you miss some linux utilities, you may well find them there :)

that worked! thanks a bunch, I've installed the plugin and all is working well now. Thanks very much!