Monterey Zathura Install

Question

I'm trying to install Zathura on macOS Monterey by following the instructions on https://github.com/zegervdv/homebrew-zathura, but I'm getting this error whenever I'm trying to open any pdfs.

For those who have installed Zathura on Apple Silicon, can you share how you guys managed to get it working?

Thanks

I don't know what an X11 Server is, but after googling it, I'm positive I don't have one running. — jsnchwn, Nov 21 '21 at 19:47

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '21 at 17:13

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You seem to have installed the X11 version of Zathura. For the version with native macOS integration, follow the instructions beneath OSX_native_integration:

# unlink installed zathura and girara
brew unlink girara
brew unlink zathura
install HEAD
brew install girara --HEAD
brew install zathura --HEAD
mkdir -p $(brew --prefix zathura)/lib/zathura
ln -s $(brew --prefix zathura-pdf-poppler)/libpdf-poppler.dylib $(brew --prefix zathura)/lib/zathura/libpdf-poppler.dylib

Or, if you haven't installed Zathura yet

brew tap zegervdv/zathura
brew install girara --HEAD
brew install zathura --HEAD
brew install zathura-pdf-poppler
mkdir -p $(brew --prefix zathura)/lib/zathura
ln -s $(brew --prefix zathura-pdf-poppler)/libpdf-poppler.dylib $(brew --prefix zathura)/lib/zathura/libpdf-poppler.dylib

answered Nov 21 '21 at 17:13

nohillside

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I re-installed Zathura and tried the macOS integration, but I'm still getting the same display error. – jsnchwn Nov 21 '21 at 19:44
girara and zathura are supposed to remain unlinked, correct? – jsnchwn Nov 21 '21 at 19:45
@jsnchwn Maybe run brew uninstall zathura girara first and then use the second set of instructions. – nohillside Nov 21 '21 at 19:49
should I also include zathura-pdf-poppler? – jsnchwn Nov 21 '21 at 19:53
@jsnchwn It won't hurt, as long as you reinstall it again – nohillside Nov 21 '21 at 19:55
Same display error; I followed your second set of instructions. I'll move on to the first set? – jsnchwn Nov 21 '21 at 20:02
Same thing even after doing the macOS integration. – jsnchwn Nov 21 '21 at 20:17
@janchwn Can you open a new tab and start the application again? – nohillside Nov 21 '21 at 21:27
@jsnchwn If the problem still occurs, run the uninstall command again from the comments and then run zathura (without installing it) – nohillside Nov 21 '21 at 21:29
I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you're asking with the new tab and starting the application. – jsnchwn Nov 21 '21 at 21:30
@janchwn Open a new terminal tab, run the application from there. – nohillside Nov 21 '21 at 21:51
It's the same GTK warning with both of your suggestions. – jsnchwn Nov 21 '21 at 22:53
@jsnchwn If you are getting the GTK warning even after uninstalling Zathura you have another version installed somewhere (use which zathura to find out where). Get rid of it first. – nohillside Nov 22 '21 at 06:43
It works now; thank you so much for your patience. One final question: how did you know that I installed the X11 version of zathura? – jsnchwn Nov 23 '21 at 02:59
@jsnchwn The error message is typical for X11 applications running without an X11 server. – nohillside Nov 23 '21 at 06:51

Monterey Zathura Install

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install HEAD