Help installing TrID under MacOsx / Linux

[alekone]

hello,
Im' trying to install TrID under Macosx but I have no luck...
I tried to google, it seems that I need Xcode (I think I have it) but really don't know how to use it.
I'd love if someone could help me with a quick walkthrough
thank you!
ale.

[Mark0]

XCode is a "development environment" so it will be of no help for this.
TrID is available either in a Win32 or Linux version. There's no native OS X version, at least at the moment.
It may run using Wine or CrossOver, but I never tried.

Bye!

[Radioxid]

Moreover the default encoding of mac os may be Mac Roman and the trid file identifier seems not to be safe with it.
The trid.dll is win32 or we can use it thru linux ?

[Mark0]

TrIDLib is a Win32 DLL.

[Russell England]

I couldn't get the linux version to work, but the win32 version worked fine

Copy trid.exe and TrIDDefs.TRD to the required directory.

Go to a terminal (ubuntu : applications->accessories->terminal)

Change to the directory required

Enter "wine cmd" at the terminal prompt - this will give you a windows command prompt

Then enter trid with the parameters

Enter "Exit" to leave the prompt once done