[GRASS-user] GRASS GIS 7.03 for Mac OS X, problem with wxPython (missing)

[Rainer M Krug]

Michael Barton <Michael.Barton at asu.edu> writes:

> The reason is that I (and William) package some key dependencies with
> the binary. The most important is wxPython, which is required by the
> GUI. If a user does not have exactly the same version of wxPython used
> to compile the binary, the GUI will fail. Making this more complicated
> is the fact that the only versions of wxPython that work completely
> correctly with Mac GRASS are 32 bit. But some other components are 64
> bit. This means that I need to compile GRASS with 32/64 bit dual
> architecture. So this is a consequence of making binaries that run on
> anyone's Mac (except the newest system with SIP enabled). 

OK - so if I understand you correctly, installing via homebrew, should
not be that difficult, as GRASS is compiled for a specific wxPython -
correct?



>
> Michael
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>     On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Carlos Grohmann
>     <carlos.grohmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     
>     
>     I run GRASS on OSX El Capitan (with SIP disabled). I don't think
>     that setting up a CLI-only version would be a solution as well. As
>     Rainer said, other software runs natively (see QGIS) and they
>     don't have any problems with OSX/SIP. We should look into that. 
>     
>     
>     I don't understand why GRASS is offending SIP. Perhaps we should
>     seek out for help from others. Maybe Apple itself. 
>     
>     
>     One point is that we need to disable SIP for the binary provided
>     by Michael Barton, but not if you compile it from source (or using
>     homebrew), so this could be fixable by changing paths, like Adam
>     suggested. Homebrew uses /usr/local, why can't we?
>     
>     
>     best
>     
>     
>     Carlos
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Adam Dershowitz
>     <adershowitz at exponent.com> wrote:
>     
>     Yes, SIP is a new security feature that prevents any applications
>         from
>         writing to a few key OS paths. I believe that it really is
>         that simple.
>         (see: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204899 )
>         Which, does beg the questionŠwhy does running GRASS require
>         writes to any
>         of these folders? That suggests that GRASS is doing something
>         that it
>         shouldn¹t be doing. Why should it be writing to system folders
>         at all at
>         runtime?
>         It is the only application that I have run into that has any
>         problems with
>         SIP. It would seem that this should be an easy fix. (for
>         example just
>         use /usr/local instead of /usr, or whatever the problem folder
>         is).
>         
>         
>         -- Adam
>         
>         
>
>     
>     
>     -- 
>     
>     
>     Prof. Carlos Henrique Grohmann
>     Institute of Energy and Environment - Univ. of São Paulo, Brazil 
>     - Digital Terrain Analysis | GIS | Remote Sensing - 
>     
>     
>     http://carlosgrohmann.com
>     http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5073-5572
>     
>     ________________
>     Can’t stop the signal.
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>

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Rainer M. Krug
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