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tehtmi:

--- Quote from: HisNameIsTerryBaby on April 23, 2012, 23:24 ---On a side note, if you meant to type doomrl after changing the directory, I've tried that as well, and it says command not found.

--- End quote ---

This is what I meant, but it seems I forgot one of the fundamentals of using the MacOS/*nix terminal.  Try this instead of just typing doomrl:

--- Code: ---./doomrl

--- End code ---
(The ./ tells your computer to look for the program in the current directory.)

HisNameIsTerryBaby:
Well, one step closer at least, but it says cannot execute binary file.

tehtmi:
Some investigation on wikipedia reveals that iBooks have PowerPC processors.  I'm pretty sure that the DoomRL's Mac version is compiled for intel processors, which explains why your machine is not able to run the executable.

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any solution to this problem.  It's possible that some kind of emulation software exists, but I didn't find any in a quick search.  It's also possible that we could make a PowerPC version of DoomRL at some point... but I'm not sure who does the Mac builds, or whether the right software exists to compile this kind of version.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.  :(

(Anyone who knows more about Mac than I do, please feel free to chime in.)

HisNameIsTerryBaby:
Well crap. Hopefully I'll find a better computer soon enough and not be limited to playing only flash roguelikes(which thus far are the only that've worked for download). Thanks for the help anyway.

HisNameIsTerryBaby:
*Meant Java rougelikes, not flash.

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