KTechLab on OSX

[WADE MAXFIELD]

  OSX Success.

    OK.  Finally!  Have successful launch and open.   Summary below, follow the instructions carefully folks!
  
Here is how I got ktechlab to launch on MacOSX Sierra, October 2018.  If you are reading this much later your mileage may vary.


 1.)  Install fink  (finkproject.org <http://finkproject.org/>)  (requires SUDO or SU)
 2.) Install kde bundle (fink install bundle-kde4-mac)
 3.)  ALSO  
kdelibs4-mac-dev
automoc-mac
soprano-mac-dev

NOTE: This *may* be fixed in ktechlab update sometime in the future
 4.) modify build-simple.sh and run-simple.sh at the “readlink” area:

#SCRIPTDIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f “$0”))
readlinkf(){ perl -MCwd -e 'print Cwd::abs_path shift' "$1";}
SCRIPTDIR=$(dirname $(readlinkf "$0"))  

 
  5.) Then include in your .bash_profile 
PATH=$PATH:/sw/opt/kde4/mac/bin

  6.) Runn build-simple.sh.

NOTE: This *may* be fixed in ktechlab update sometime in the future
  7.)  build-simple.sh copies into /Applications/KDE4. (This might fail if you are not an administrator on your mac)   (it probably should copy into ~/Applications (user home directory, applications.)   Copy that app into inst-simple directory after the build.

  8.)  Copy /Applications/KDE4/ktechlab.app to inst-simple/bin

  9.) Modify run-simple.sh to launch the app the macintosh way:

      open -a "$SCRIPTDIR/inst-simple/bin/ktechlab.app”

  10.)  modify your login items in System Preferences to add /sw/Applications/kdeinit4.app as a automatic start login item.    (Or alternatively, always remember to click on it before launching ktechlab.

  11.) you can then change into ktechlab and execute “sh run-simple.sh” from a command prompt and it will work.

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