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Demigod Mac

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I've been trying to compile Flurry for 10.6, unsuccessfully. It's been my screen saver of choice for 7 years, but it's incompatible with Snow Leopard in its current incarnation. I keep getting the error message from Xcode: C.h: No such file or directory. (I have almost zero programming experience, so any help would be greatly appreciated).

Flurry and its source code can be downloaded here:

http://homepage.mac.com/calumr/Flurry.dmg
 

kainjow

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Jun 15, 2000
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Doesn't Flurry come with OS X? It's installed on my computer and working fine as 64-bit.
 

kainjow

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Jun 15, 2000
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In Texture.c, try replacing
Code:
#include <c.h>
with
Code:
#include <sys/param.h>
If you have Xcode set to only build for x86_64 it should work.

Edit:

The version of Flurry I have sure looks like it came from Apple. Lots of references to "AppleFlurry". My guess is you somehow removed it or I magically got the 64-bit version from Apple fairies ;). I'd suggest using Pacifist to get the file from your SL install DVD.
 

Demigod Mac

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That's very odd! I tried Pacifist and sure enough there it was. I wonder why it wasn't installed....

Calum Robinson's build of Flurry is still superior, though (more customization options)

Changing that line allowed it to build, but it still refuses to load as a screensaver, even after I changed it to x64 and 10.6.

I did find this, but couldn't find where to paste in some of the lines.

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/qa/qa2009/qa1666.html

But for now, I'm glad to have my favorite screensaver back in some form at least! Thanks
 
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