[Qgis-developer] QGIS 2 help fails on OS X

[Larry Shaffer]

Hi Royce,

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>wrote:

> Hi Royce,
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Cline, Royce L. <rcline at nd.gov> wrote:
>
>> If I click the help button in a dialog (ex. Preferences) I get an error
>> that it cannot find libspatialindex.dylib. However, the library is present
>> in the application bundle at:
>> /Applications/QGIS_2.0-dev.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/libspatialindex.dylib
>>
>> If I create a symbolic link in /usr/local/lib/ to
>> /Applications/QGIS_2.0-dev.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/libspatialindex.dylib,
>> then help works. Any other Mac users having this problem.
>>
>
> This is an app bundling error. I have verified here on 10.7.5 with the
> nightly.
>

Should be fixed with commit f779592f:

https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/commit/f779592f9de26061d77de4867b6678e3dbb10074

Once the 10.7-8 Mac nightly is built tomorrow morning, please test.

Regards,

Larry



> The separate help app is located here (relative to your install):
>
> /Applications/QGIS_2.0-dev.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/qgis_help.app
>
> Inside its bundle is the main executable at:
>
> qgis_help.app/Contents/MacOS/qgis_help
>
> Running the 'otool -L ' on that gives the following (which matches your
> error):
>
> @executable_path/lib/libspatialindex.dylib
>
> This is not where libspatialindex.dylib is located relative to the
> qgis_help binary. It is really at:
>
> @executable_path/../../../../lib/libspatialindex.dylib
>
> in the main QGIS app bundle.
>
>
> This needs fix in the CMake setup for bundling on Mac. You can fix locally
> if you have Apple's XCode and command line developer tools installed with
> the following commands in Terminal:
>
> cd
> /Applications/QGIS_2.0-dev.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/qgis_help.app/Contents/MacOS
>
> install_name_tool -change @executable_path/lib/libspatialindex.dylib \
> @executable_path/../../../../lib/libspatialindex.dylib \
> qgis_help
>
> Works for me on 10.7.5. Please test if you can. Make sure to remove the
> noted symlink you made first (unneeded).
>
> Now, this begs the question... why is libspatialindex.dylib needed by the
> help app to begin with? I don't think it is. So really, what needs fixed is
> the fact that it is being added to the help app build, when it shouldn't be.
>
> Also, you will find the info in the help app outdated. And, often the app
> will open up behind your front window.
>
> Regards, and thanks for the report.
>
> Larry
>
>
>
>> Royce
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