[EMBOSS] Png problem on Mac OS 10.5

[David Leader]

Turns out that the problem was nothing to do with the version of Mac  
OS 10 or the type of processor. It was the location of the png  
libraries when using MacPorts. MacPorts puts everything in a sandpit  
- /opt/local - so as to shield installs from updates to the operating  
system. In this case it's irrelevant and a nuisance. Pity, as  
MacPorts is a very convenient and effective way of getting the  
libraries for gd (unless you are in a University with web cacheing  
when it's a teeny bit more complex.)

Thanks to David Bauer for suggesting the library location as the  
problem, and that I should run configure with a library location  
qualifier, in my case:

configure --with-pngdriver=/opt/local

Works now.

David

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