Setting up a development env on macOS big sur (M1)

[Stephan Witt]

Am 14.10.2021 um 16:38 schrieb Nusret BALCI <nusretbalci at gmail.com>:
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> Hi there,
> How can I set up my development environment to be able to compile a git cloned lyx sourcecode directory? 
> I have XCode installed. My OS is Big Sur. I installed Homebrew and autotools. I downloaded QT 6.2 (official release from Qt). I run autogen, then configure script. But I am not sure what command line arguments I should pass and although I pass the bin directory of the Qt installation (6.2.0) it cannot find Qt. So I can't even start. Anyone willing to help or share their build command?

Hi Nusret,

I’m regularly using Qt5 for my builds on Mac. Last time I tried Qt6 it was Qt6.0 and it was incomplete for Mac development. Now you’re asking I’ve had a look at Qt 6.2. Guess what - I’m unable to build like you. I’m afraid I have to inspect the details of the problem. I’m sure I get them because of my scripts are doing the build of multi-architecture Qt frameworks (usable for both the Intel and ARM processors) and the recipe to do it has changed from Qt5 to Qt6. I have to investigate and my scripts are not ready for Qt 6.x.

But the recipe for a single architecture LyX build with home brew from Christop Schmitz should work for you. If not you may show us your error messages.

Best regards,
Stephan