Compiling and using master on macOS

[Daniel]

On 2020-07-07 07:30, Daniel wrote:
> On 2020-07-07 00:24, Stephan Witt wrote:
>> Am 06.07.2020 um 09:59 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de>:
>>>
>>> On 2020-03-15 21:37, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>>> Am 15.03.2020 um 17:16 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am about to try compiling and using master on macOS. I just has a 
>>>>> look at INSTALL.MacOSX. It mentions Qt version 4. That seems a bit 
>>>>> outdated. But I guess that I am looking at the latest guide to 
>>>>> compile on macOS, right?
>>>> Yes, it’s outdated. It should work with Qt4 - but Qt4 cannot be used 
>>>> on recent macOS.
>>>> Basically I’m using the script LyX-Mac-binary-release.sh in 
>>>> development folder. That’s much easier than other options, IMO.
>>>> First step is to install Xcode and the automake and/or cmake 
>>>> utilities. This can be done with macports or homebrew. I’m using 
>>>> macports.
>>>> Second step is to get Qt5 - as source or binary distribution. I’m 
>>>> using the source tarball and build Qt5 myself.
>>>> Optional components are the spell checker and libmagic frameworks.
>>>> Finally I start development/LyX-Mac-binary-release.sh with
>>>> --enable-cxx11
>>>> --with-qt-dir=/path/to/qt5
>>>> Stephan
>>>
>>> Thanks. Finally came around trying it on macOS. I take it one has to 
>>> run the last command with sh, right? So, from the lyx directory (in 
>>> the lyxgit directory) I execute
>>>
>>> sh development/LyX-Mac-binary-release.sh --enable-cxx11 
>>> --with-qt-dir=/Users/<username>/Qt/5.9.9
>>>
>>> (where I replace <username> by my macOS user name. Unfortunately, I 
>>> get the following:
>>>
>>> : command not found-binary-release.sh: line 2:
>>> : command not found-binary-release.sh: line 4:
>>> : command not found-binary-release.sh: line 9:
>>> : command not found-binary-release.sh: line 19:
>>> : command not found-binary-release.sh: line 23:
>>> : command not found-binary-release.sh: line 27:
>>> ': not a valid identifiery-release.sh: line 28: unset: `LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>>> : command not found-binary-release.sh: line 29:
>>> : command not found-binary-release.sh: line 44:
>>> : command not found-binary-release.sh: line 49:
>>> development/LyX-Mac-binary-release.sh: line 53: syntax error near 
>>> unexpected tok'n `in
>>> 'evelopment/LyX-Mac-binary-release.sh: line 53: `case 
>>> "${QtVersion}:${QtAPI}" in
>>>
>>> By the way, if finally successful, where will this put the LyX.app?
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>
>> I’ve made a protocol of the steps I took to build the package on a new 
>> system. See the attached log. Probably the crucial thing is the 
>> mklyx-2.3.4.3.sh script.
>>
>> I’m used to configure and build LyX out of source. I have a working 
>> directory with one or more versions of LyX source code and a directory 
>> lyx-build for the results. For Qt I have a source directory and an 
>> install target in parallel, the build directory is in lyx-build.
>>
>> $ ls /Users/Shared/LyX
>> lyx-2.3.4.3 (source)
>> lyx-2.3.5.2 (source)
>> lyx-build (directory)
>> qt-5.9.9-frameworks-cocoa-x86_64  (QTDIR for 5.9.9)
>> qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.9.9 (source)
>>
>> The lyx-build contains the build directory, the installed package 
>> (LyX.app) and the resulting disk image.
>>
>> $ ls /Users/Shared/LyX/
>> LyX-2.3.4.3+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg (disk image)
>> LyX-2.3.4.3.app (working app)
>> LyX-2.3.4.3.build (binaries)
>> LyX-2.3.5.2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg (disk image)
>> LyX-2.3.5.2.app (working app)
>> LyX-2.3.5.2.build (binaries)
>> qt-5.9.9-build-x86_64 (binaries)
>>
>> The /bin/sh on a Mac is in fact a bash, IMO.
>>
>> Stephan
>>
>>
> 
> I am using git to download the lyx source and qt installer. But the 
> steps should be the same except for the unpacking and setting my own 
> directories, right?
> 
> Also what does
> 
> osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to display notification "LyX is 
> great stuff"'
> 
> do? It looks strange.
> 
> Daniel
> 

Okay, I guess it can't be the same because there is a specific LyX 
version mentioned (2.3.4.3). What would I use if I want to compile from 
git (master)?

Daniel