[Qgis-developer] Re: Qgis app bundle script

Thu Jun 19 22:19:41 EDT 2008

William,

Thank you for the detailed outline of the steps you have used. I was  
able to get functional python plugins after applying your process to  
my build. I am super appreciative of you taking the time to help me  
(and hopefully others) get past this hurdle. Whether or not this can  
be automated or overcome through source code improvements is beyond  
me, but thinks are definitely a lot brighter already.

Cheers,
John

On Jun 19, 2008, at 4:45 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> Ah, right, until it's fixed in the source:
>
> The paths all depend on where you have your source and where you  
> install Qgis, so I won't give explicit paths here.  After  
> installing, open the qgis app package (right-click, Show Package  
> Contents).  Dig into Contents/MacOS/share/qgis/python/qgis to find  
> core.so and gui.so.  (I do this to easily get the path so I don't  
> have to type it in the Terminal)
>
> In a Terminal, type
>
> otool -L
>
> (that's a space after the L) and drag gui.so to the Terminal  
> window.  Press return.
>
> Towards the top should be a line for libqgis_gui.0.11.dylib and a  
> line for libqgis_core.0.11.dylib.  Type:
>
> sudo install_name_tool -change [/path/to/libqgis_gui.dylib]  
> @executable_path/lib/libqgis_gui.dylib -change [/path/to/ 
> libqgis_core.dylib] @executable_path/lib/libqgis_core.dylib [drag  
> gui.so to Terminal]
>
> for the /path/to/libqgis_*.dylib above, copy and paste what you  
> found for the full path to each library in otool -L.
>
> For example *this is just for mine* :
>
> sudo install_name_tool -change /Users/Shared/src/qgis/svn/qgis_r8652/ 
> build-leo/src/gui/libqgis_gui.0.11.dylib @executable_path/lib/ 
> libqgis_gui.dylib -change /Users/Shared/src/qgis/svn/qgis_r8652/ 
> build-leo/src/core/libqgis_core.0.11.dylib @executable_path/lib/ 
> libqgis_core.dylib /Applications/qgis0.11.0.app/Contents/MacOS/share/ 
> qgis/python/qgis/gui.so
>
> Do the same for core.so.  You can just up-arrow to get the previous  
> command and change gui.so to core.so at the very end of the  
> command.  It doesn't matter that core.so doesn't have  
> libqgis_gui.dylib in it, it will ignore that.
>
> Run otool -L on them again to verify the change.
>
>
> On Jun 19, 2008, at 6:25 PM, John C. Tull wrote:
>
>> So, the million-dollar question is how do you "fix" the core.so and  
>> gui.so files? Is there a command line, series of steps, or edit  
>> that you can share?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>> On Jun 19, 2008, at 3:17 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>>
>>> (back to the list to get others in on the discussion)
>>>
>>> Once I got the right geoprocessing plugin installed (not the  
>>> builtin pggeoprocessing), I could test this.  Indeed, in an  
>>> unmodified build the Qgis Python console starts, but in the  
>>> geoprocessing plugin, no layers are available to choose, even when  
>>> there are layers in the layout.
>>>
>>> I then changed one thing: I "fixed" the library paths in core.so  
>>> and gui.so to use the @executable_path relative path (fixing the  
>>> source path as installed, and instead of the @loader_path that I  
>>> use in my builds).  Then it worked, I successfully created a buffer.
>>>
>>> This is with both a Leopard build on Leopard, using the system  
>>> Python 2.5, and a Tiger build on Tiger, suing the python.org  
>>> python 2.5.
>>>
>>> But, what about the all-in-one Qgis build?  It has  
>>> @executable_path in core.so and gui.so.  I wonder if it's a Python  
>>> version problem - the all-in-one Qgis is built to use the Tiger  
>>> system Python 2.3, not the python.org Python 2.5.  Though the Qgis  
>>> python console starts, maybe the plugins need a more recent Python?
>>>
>>> While the Python 2.5 in the Leopard system is a very usable build  
>>> of Python, Apple's Python 2.3 in Tiger is generally regarded as  
>>> unusable for anything serious.  Maybe the all-in-one build whould  
>>> at least have one external requirement: Python 2.5?
>>>
>>> On Jun 18, 2008, at 10:17 PM, John C. Tull wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks again, William. I'll look forward to hearing your results  
>>>> and input.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 18, 2008, at 8:03 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've only tried one python plugin so far - manageR, back in  
>>>>> May.  I'll take a look at others and try one in a 'raw' build  
>>>>> and see what I get.
>>>>>
>>>>> PS. Tim - are there plans to move Qgis python plugins out of  
>>>>> ~/.qgis (for OSX)?  Maybe ~/Library/Application Support/Qgis?  I  
>>>>> also have an old 'qgis.db' file in ~/.qgis from 2006, but I  
>>>>> don't know if it's used any more.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 18, 2008, at 9:56 PM, John C. Tull wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> William,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just getting to today's email...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem is not with getting Python bindings or the console  
>>>>>> working, instead it is with various plugins that attempt to  
>>>>>> query layers from the map canvas. When I install the  
>>>>>> geoprocessing plugin with your 0.10 build, I get a functional  
>>>>>> plugin that loads layers in the drop-down menu list. For my  
>>>>>> builds, this does not populate, so the python plugins are  
>>>>>> useless.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It must have something to do with your linking repairs post- 
>>>>>> build. I would assume a script to run those changes that works  
>>>>>> for anyone using your frameworks to build qgis from source  
>>>>>> would end up with a binary that functions properly wrt python  
>>>>>> plugins.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>
>>> -----
>>> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
>>> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>>>
>>> All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.
>>>
>>>
>>
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