gnubg @1.05.002: command-line works but no GUI is displayed

[hape42 (Hape42)]

I have tried to install gnubg with sudo port install gnubg. The installation goes through without any error messages, but unfortunately I can't find gnubg in my programmes. In the termianl I saw that gnuBG was installed there:

/opt/local/bin/gnubg

when I call gnuBG in the terminal a sound appears and gnubg is executed in the terminal in a kind of command line version.

What can I do so that I can use the graphical user interface of gnubg?

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[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

When I run gnubg on my macOS 12 system, it prints a few lines of version/copyright/license information to the terminal and then launches X11.app and opens an X window with a Backgammon board. Does this not happen for you? Do you have an X server installed and properly set up? If not, you can get one by running sudo port install xorg-server.

[hape42 (Hape42)]

@ryandesign thank you for helping

I did this: sudo port install xorg-server a los of messages run through, but no errors. last message:

Some of the ports you installed have notes:

xinit has the following notes:

To use MacPorts' X11 as the default server, install xorg-server, log out, and log back in.

I test gnubg again, no gui

[hape42 (Hape42)]

I booted my Mac after that I found X11 in my programs

I start x11 after that I start gnubg in Terminal now gnubg starts with gui !!!

thank you for your support !!!

a little inconvenient to start like this, but it finally works !