[Qgis-user] Compiling QGIS3 with grass7 from MacPorts

[Patrick Dunford]

OK

given the limited support for non-native platforms such as MacOS the 
virtualbox option is worth considering. I have drawn hundreds of km of 
maps in virtual machines, performance is essentially 99.99% of what is 
available on a native application.


On 29/09/17 14:50, David Liontooth wrote:
>
> INSTALL says this under the OS X section:
>
>     Also available is a GRASS application:
>
>     http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/grass
>
> -- though it turns out that page is for Grass 6; for Grass 7 that page 
> in turn points to http://grassmac.wikidot.com. Grass 6 is no longer 
> supported in QGIS.
>
> These options are distinctly less appealing to me than MacPorts -- 
> first, you have to trust the packagers blindly; secondly, the packages 
> don't integrate with other packages. What they're calling "frameworks" 
> is dependencies; these installers invite dependency hell.
>
> QGIS should have general instructions for compiling with organized OS 
> X packaging systems.
>
> MacPorts and HomeBrew do a lot of quality checking, permit easy 
> upgrades and uninstallations, and ensure consistent package relations, 
> package hash authentication, and community bug reporting. In fact they 
> already package QGIS, just not the unrealeased QGIS3.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> On 9/28/17 6:14 PM, Patrick Dunford wrote:
>> Ok, I'm not familirar with a separate build step, don't remember 
>> seeing that in the install documentation, unless that is a specific 
>> variation for your platform?
>>
>>
>> On 29/09/17 14:12, David Liontooth wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Patrick,
>>>
>>> I'm using today's QGIS git master and get this in the configure output:
>>>
>>>       -- QGIS version: 2.99.0 Master (29900)
>>>       -- Could not find GRASS 7
>>>
>>> The INSTALL file makes it clear it must be built separately, but 
>>> suggests using other "Install development frameworks".
>>>
>>> The installation procedure for MacOS X with MacPorts is not documented.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> On 9/28/17 5:55 PM, Patrick Dunford wrote:
>>>> Hi, this is only a generalised comment about building packages and 
>>>> may not be specific enough for your application.
>>>>
>>>> When I build packages from source they come with Grass so I don't 
>>>> see how it would not be included in the same scripts for the 
>>>> platform you are using.
>>>>
>>>> Are there any error logs for building the plugins that will show 
>>>> what is happening for example the library is not found or wrong 
>>>> version?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 29/09/17 13:12, David Liontooth wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm interested in reading LIDAR data, which appears to require 
>>>>> GRASS (I'm new to this).
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to compile QGIS2.99 (master) on OS X and short of GRASS 
>>>>> everything is working -- the program starts up with
>>>>>
>>>>>     open QGIS
>>>>>
>>>>> MacPorts has gdal-grass @2.2.0 (gis), which pulls in grass7. It 
>>>>> ends up here:
>>>>>
>>>>>     /opt/local/share/grass-7.2.2/lib
>>>>>
>>>>> so for instance 
>>>>> /opt/local/share/grass-7.2.2/lib/libgrass_lidar.dylib.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I tell the QGIS build scripts to include grass7?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Qgis-user mailing list
>>>>> Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Qgis-user mailing list
>>>> Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Qgis-user mailing list
>>> Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Qgis-user mailing list
>> Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Qgis-user mailing list
> Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user