[Kst] Re: OS X plugin directory for non-installed build

[Barth Netterfield]

Wow! this is great!
Thanks, Ted.


On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ted Kisner <tskisner.public at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
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> On Dec 2, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Peter Kümmel wrote:
>> But we can enable pkg again. Could you post a small HOWTO for using macports? That would be great.
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> Ok, I have successfully built and used kst2 on OS X with all datasources and plugins.  I have NOT yet delved into the steps needed to package all the library dependencies into the DMG package.  Here is what I did:
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> 1.  Install macports (http://www.macports.org/)
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> 2.  Install dependencies:
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> $> sudo port install cfitsio gsl netcdf
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> 3.  If you want to install Qt (native aqua version) with macports:
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> $> sudo port install qt4-mac
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> 4.  Install getdata-0.7.0 (I just put it in /usr/local)
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> 5.  Edit bashrc to make it so that you don't need to install files system-wide:
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> ==================
> # Make sure pkg-config finds getdata
> export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
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> # Set up paths for kst development
> kstsvn=/data/software/svn/kst
> kstpref=${kstsvn}/build/build
> export DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH=${DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH}:${kstpref}/lib
> alias kstdev=${kstpref}/bin/kst2.app/Contents/MacOS/kst2
> ==================
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> 6.  Go into your svn checkout and apply the 2 attached patches:
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> $> patch -p0 < ../../kst/tsk_osx_pluginsearch.patch
> $> patch -p0 < ../../kst/tsk_osx_qmake.patch
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> 7.  Build everything.  I use a tiny shell script, launched from the top source directory:
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> ==================
> #!/bin/bash
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> mkdir -p build
> cd build
> qmake ../kst.pro  -spec macx-g++ -config release
> make
> mkdir -p build/bin/kst2.app/Contents/PlugIns
> cp -a build/plugin/* build/bin/kst2.app/Contents/PlugIns/
> ==================
>
> 8.  Launch kst:
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> $> kstdev
>
> and behold, all datasources, plugins, etc are enabled.  I have successfully used this on ASCII and Dirfile data so far...
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> Eventually I need to read more of the Qt deployment documentation and see how to bundle all the dependencies.  Or maybe Peter will beat me to it :-)
>
> cheers,
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> -Ted
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C. Barth Netterfield
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