[GRASS-dev] [GRASS-user] GRASS for Mac 64bit, wxPython 3, maybe fix for SIP problem - please test

[Michael Barton]

This works if you are compiling it yourself. But I am providing installable binaries for people who do not want to compile or are unable to do so. AFAIK, Homebrew does not do this.

Michael
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C. Michael Barton
Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity 
Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Head, Graduate Faculty in Complex Adaptive Systems Science
Arizona State University

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> On Dec 7, 2016, at 8:59 AM, Rainer M Krug <Rainer at krugs.de> wrote:
> 
> Adam Dershowitz <adershowitz at exponent.com> writes:
> 
>> Michael,
>> 
>> Was there ever a solution found to running GRASS on the Mac (10.11 or now 10.12) without disabling SIP? 
> 
> I was using the homebrew way of installing it and it worked with enabled
> SIP.
> 
> No idea about the native way.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rainer
> 
> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -- Adam
>> 
>> From: grass-user <grass-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Michael Barton <Michael.Barton at asu.edu>
>> Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 7:50 PM
>> To: GRASS developers list <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>, grass-user grass-user <grass-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: [GRASS-user] GRASS for Mac 64bit, wxPython 3, maybe fix for SIP problem - please test
>> 
>> I just posted a new binary for GRASS 7.3 built fully 64 bit, with wxPython 3.0.2.0 to the GRASS for Mac site (http://grassmac.wikidot.com) 
>> 
>> It turns out the previous "64bit" GRASS binary still ran 32bit Python. I had to hack the python_wrapper.py file, but this one is fully 64bit AFAICT. I also tried
>> some hacks that might be a way to solve the inability to run GRASS on El Capitan with SIP enabled. There are a couple of known bugs in the wxPython 3.x
>> GUI
>> 
>> 1. The most serious is switching to 3D mode and back to 2D mode leaves one of the map display menu buttons corrupted. It seems the only thing you can
>> do is to close the map display and open a new one. 
>> 
>> 2. There are also some popup lists (e.g., for switching mapsets) that do not behave as they should. You cannot select an item with a mouse (but you can
>> select with arrow keys and <return>) unless you hit <escape> to destroy part of the control. Then you can use the mouse to click something. 
>> 
>> Please let us know if you encounter any other bug or strange behavior. 
>> 
>> Also, and importantly if anyone is running El Capitan, it would be great if you could reenable SIP (if you've turned it off) and see if this version runs. Of
>> course, maybe I've "fixed" it so that it only runs on my system and crashes on everyone else's. 
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> ____________________
>> 
>> C. Michael Barton
>> 
>> Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity 
>> 
>> Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change
>> 
>> Head, Graduate Faculty in Complex Adaptive Systems Science
>> 
>> Arizona State University
>> 
>> voice: 480-965-6262 (SHESC), 480-965-8130/727-9746 (CSDC)
>> fax: 480-965-7671 (SHESC), 480-727-0709 (CSDC)
>> 
>> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton, http://csdc.asu.edu
>> 
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