Compiling and using master on macOS

[Daniel]

On 7/7/20 9:17, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 07.07.2020 um 07:30 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de 
> <mailto:xracoonx at gmx.de>>:
>>
>> On 2020-07-07 00:24, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>> Am 06.07.2020 um 09:59 schrieb Daniel <xracoonx at gmx.de 
>>> <mailto: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 
>>>>> <mailto: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 bit outdated.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 Yes, it’s outdated.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?
> 
> I’m not sure the Qt installer puts the frameworks in the same structure 
> as the „make install“ from source. I never tried that.
> 
>> Also what does
>>
>> osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to display notification "LyX 
>> is great stuff"'
>>
>> do? It looks strange.
> 
> After sending the mail I realized the need to explain this line too :)
> 
> It tries to control the Finder from command line. The reason is to 
> trigger the security guard (SIP) of the Mac OS.
> 
> If you never did that before you’re asked to give your OK for this and 
> you should see this in system control. See screenshot.
> 
> If you say „No“ you cannot build a nice disk image with the background 
> picture presenting the green arrow. Beware: you’re not asked again and 
> it’s really painful to correct it later, AFAIK.
> 
> Stephan
>

Maybe I am missing something. But as the subject suggests, I would like 
to compile master (from git source) on macOS (latest version). It is 
still unclear to me which steps I need to take or change in the recipe 
provided.

Daniel