Gerbview fails to open

[nano35]

I am new here. I just cannot open Gerview.
I am on Mac OS v10.11.6
Kicad v5 for MacOS v 10.11
Schematic and footprint are fine.

I got this message:
gerbview"…path on my computer…" opened [pid=54967]
gerbview closed [pid=54967]

The last 4 icons also fail to open.
bitmap2component opened [pid=54973]
bitmap2component closed [pid=54973]
pcb_calculator opened [pid=54974]
pcb_calculator closed [pid=54974]
pcb_calculator opened [pid=54975]
pcb_calculator closed [pid=54975]
pl_editor opened [pid=54976]
pl_editor closed [pid=54976]

Did I miss a step? Thanks in advance.

[Seth_h]

Are you opening them from the finder or from KiCad itself?

[nano35]

I click the icon within Kicad main menu window.
Gerber viewer, import bitmap, calculator tools and worksheet layout editor:
the info window says …open and then close immediately. no app window opens.

message below is from the menu window:
gerbview “/Users/pl/Desktop/Untitled/Untitled/” opened [pid=55657]
gerbview closed [pid=55657]
bitmap2component opened [pid=55659]
bitmap2component closed [pid=55659]
pcb_calculator opened [pid=55660]
pcb_calculator closed [pid=55660]
pl_editor opened [pid=55661]
pl_editor closed [pid=55661]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
app info:

Application: kicad
Version: (5.0.1-3-g963ef8bb5), release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.43.0 SecureTransport zlib/1.2.5
Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 15.6.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (UTF-8,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.67.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.54.0
Compiler: Clang 10.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002
Build settings:
USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=ON
USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Seth_h]

See if there is a crash log in your Console application

[nano35]

Hi,
I quit everything else and only opened Kicad, clicked “schematic” and then clicked “Gerview”.
I captured the messages from my Mac’s Console app window.
Hope I did it right for you to check.

[nano35]

I found the problem:
I relocated Kicad to a new folder named PCB design and put all PCB related apps in it, within “Application” folder of my Mac.

Solution:
I trashed everything and installed the app fresh in its default location-“Application” folder.
Everything works fine now.
Thanks for the help.

[davidsrsb]

Thanks for reporting your solution.