[Qgis-developer] How to use x-code qgis installer

William Kyngesburye woklist at kyngchaos.com
Tue May 5 12:34:37 EDT 2009


Note that Xcode defaults to the first configuration alphabetically,  
which makes the Debug build default.  Use '-configuration Release' for  
a normal build.

I haven't tried it myself, but it sounds like you have and it's  
working.  Good to know.

On May 5, 2009, at 10:59 AM, John C. Tull wrote:

> If you are comfortable with the Terminal, you have Apple's developer  
> tools installed, and you have all of William's frameworks that are  
> necessary for qgis installation, you can download the qgis source  
> with svn, cd to the qgis_source/mac/xcode directory, then issue the  
> command 'xcodebuild'. This will build the application if nothing  
> fails along the way without having to fool with Xcode itself. You  
> may need to change the python setting in qgis_user.xcconfig (copy  
> the template) to 'PYTHON_FORM = system' if you use the native Apple- 
> supplied python and python bindings are not building.
>
> Once you get a build, you can then copy the application from the  
> build/native/Release directory to your Applications folder. I build  
> the trunk source to play with new features and help report bugs, so  
> I delete the build directory every time I want to make a new build.
>
> John
>
> On May 5, 2009, at 6:34 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>
>> Hm, I'll have to think about that.  It shouldn't be too hard with  
>> what's in the readme, but some people may need more details.   
>> Basically, you should be able to build Qgis by editing the  
>> qgis_user.xcconfig, opening the project in Xcode and selecting/ 
>> clicking Build.
>>
>> Note that the project download on my site is for Qgis 1.0.1, though  
>> it should be usable for 1.0.2, the internal build needs updating.   
>> The trunk project is way out of date, and I just now removed it.   
>> It's up to date in the trunk source.
>>
>> On May 5, 2009, at 6:04 AM, Luca Mandolesi wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, I use mac os x and I'm interested to understand how to build  
>>> qgis from xCode project of http://www.kyngchaos.com. The only  
>>> documentation it's the readme.txt inside the xCode folder or I  
>>> must to read somes others tutorial, for example how to use xCode,  
>>> etc.?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot
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