Emacs 24.4 on Mac?

Question

I am trying to get Emacs 24.4 running on Mac (Maverick).

I have tried following these instructions, but when I run:

./build-emacs gzr

I get the error:

bzr: ERROR: exceptions.ImportError: Unable to load subvertpy extensions:  dlopen(/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/subvertpy/client.so, 2): Library not loaded:   /usr/lib/libsvn_client-1.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/subvertpy/client.so
  Reason: image not found

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 930, in exception_to_return_code
return the_callable(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 1121, in run_bzr
ret = run(*run_argv)
   File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 673, in run_argv_aliases
return self.run(**all_cmd_args)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 697, in run
return self._operation.run_simple(*args, **kwargs)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 136, in run_simple
self.cleanups, self.func, *args, **kwargs)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 166, in _do_with_cleanups
 result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 2214, in run
show_bzrdir_info(newdir, verbose=0, outfile=self.outf)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/info.py", line 378, in show_bzrdir_info
outfile)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/info.py", line 394, in show_component_info
format = describe_format(control, repository, branch, working)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/info.py", line 499, in describe_format
format = controldir.format_registry.make_bzrdir(key)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/controldir.py", line 1348, in make_bzrdir
return self.get(key)()
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/registry.py", line 177, in get
return self._dict[self._get_key_or_default(key)].get_obj()
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/registry.py", line 74, in get_obj
self._obj = get_named_object(self._module_name, self._member_name)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/pyutils.py", line 51, in get_named_object
obj = __import__(module_name, {}, {}, from_list)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/svn/workingtree.py", line 28, in <module>
import subvertpy
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/subvertpy/__init__.py", line 131, in <module>
raise ImportError("Unable to load subvertpy extensions: %s" % e)
ImportError: Unable to load subvertpy extensions: dlopen(/Library/Python/2.6/site- packages/subvertpy/client.so, 2): Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libsvn_client-1.0.dylib
Referenced from: /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/subvertpy/client.so
Reason: image not found

bzr 2.6.0 on python 2.6.8 (Darwin-13.0.0-x86_64-i386-64bit)
arguments: ['/usr/local/bin/bzr', 'init-repo', 'emacs-bzr']
plugins: bash_completion[2.6.0], bzrtools[2.5.0], changelog_merge[2.6.0],
colo[0.4.0], email[unknown], explorer[1.3.0], fastimport[0.14.0dev],
git[0.6.11], grep[2.6.0], keychain[0.1.0], launchpad[2.6.0], loom[2.2.0],
netrc_credential_store[2.6.0], news_merge[2.6.0], pipeline[1.4.0],
po_merge[2.6.0], qbzr[0.23.1], rewrite[0.6.3], svn[1.2.2], upload[1.1.0],
weave_fmt[2.6.0], xmloutput[0.8.8]
encoding: 'utf-8', fsenc: 'utf-8', lang: 'en_US'

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bug in Bazaar.  You can help us fix it by filing a bug report at
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug
including this traceback and a description of the problem.

Any ideas? Another way?

Answer 1

Homebrew provides Emacs 24.4 as well, with

$ brew install emacs --with-cocoa --with-gnutls

Answer 2

I'm using GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.21) on OS X 10.9.5 currently, this version is the one from Emacs for Mac OS X and used with It's All Text! for Firefox to write this answer. ;)

Obviously most people generally opt for homebrew (as the top answer indicates), but since homebrew has a tendency to screw with /usr/local to such an extent that it won't cope with alternative (e.g. custom compiled or original) installations of Python, I can't/won't run it (so I compile from source or use MacPorts). For those in a similar position to me regarding homebrew (and I know it's not everyone), then give the Emacs for Mac OS X version a shot, failing that try MacPorts and if it's still not ideal this question has many good responses, depending on your circumstances, particularly this answer.