[Qgis-user] Compiling QGIS3 with grass7 from MacPorts

[Patrick Dunford]

Sorry I misread the documentation, it looked like the mac port was a 
third party one.


On 29/09/17 17:27, David Liontooth wrote:
>
> The compilations problems on OS X aren't serious, and I'm sure someone 
> already knows how to overcome them.
>
> Since OS X is unix, it's not really a non-native platform -- it runs 
> the whole GNU tool chain. A vm is certainly an option, but this 
> doesn't look hard.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> On 9/28/17 6:53 PM, Patrick Dunford wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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