Support for macOS

[Cubitect]

I created this issue to host a discussion regarding support for macOS.

I have no method of building for macOS, nor a way to verify pre-built binaries. For these reasons I will not be supplying official builds for that platform.

There have been offers to contribute by supplying compiled binaries, which users can do so here if they wish. However, my general recommendation would be to compile the application yourself.

The necessary build utilities and Qt dependency can be gotten with XCode and Homebrew:

$ xcode-select --install
$ brew install qt@5
$ brew link qt@5

(Thanks @rlvandaveer for these instructions)

[rlvandaveer]

I am curious how releases are created now. I don't see an Actions. It would not be a heavy lift to add a MacOS stage to an Action. Linux, Windows, and Mac could all be built in a matrix

[Cubitect]

I'm pretty sure GitHub Actions do not offer static Qt builds, since that requires compiling Qt from source and takes around 10GB of space.

Currently, I have a couple of basic VMs specifically setup to build the Linux and Windows releases. So far I hadn't really considered Actions, as I didn't think that it was worth the trouble to automate something that I only need about once a month.

[emmekappa]

@Cubitect have you seen this community action? https://github.com/marketplace/actions/install-qt

[Cubitect]

Yes, and it doesn't support static builds: github.com/jurplel/install-qt-action/issues/53

[TomerGamerTV]

For anyone asking how to do it just install it as he said above, visit this link and scroll down it says how to do it

[Dax911]

Idk if anyone needs to know this but for future reference, all versions from August 2022 to now have worked great on M2 apple silicon. Also, thanks for the updates love this tool. I want to complain that the default font is American Typewriter. Gross. Would love to see a tutorial somewhere.

[ltecheroffical]

That renders me running a pre-compiled program useless

[GrantedSuper]

I am looking to download and use cubiomes viewer for some seed-finding on M1 MacBook Air with no idea how. I am very unfamiliar with Github and am looking for where to download the application for Mac. @Dax911 said they are using it on M2. I would love to know how you did that. If someone could link me to instructions on how to use this for Mac that would be much appreciated.

[TomerGamerTV]

I am looking to download and use cubiomes viewer for some seed-finding on M1 MacBook Air with no idea how. I am very unfamiliar with Github and am looking for where to download the application for Mac. @Dax911 said they are using it on M2. I would love to know how you did that. If someone could link me to instructions on how to use this for Mac that would be much appreciated.

Do you know how to scroll up? Read my comment

[Dax911]

I am looking to download and use cubiomes viewer for some seed-finding on M1 MacBook Air with no idea how. I am very unfamiliar with Github and am looking for where to download the application for Mac. @Dax911 said they are using it on M2. I would love to know how you did that. If someone could link me to instructions on how to use this for Mac that would be much appreciated.

I compiled it from source myself ish I will need to go thru the process again, but it is still working with the newer updates. I have appts today and a new sprint to setup for. But I will make this a priority this week. Sorry everyone.

[devjta]

I am looking to download and use cubiomes viewer for some seed-finding on M1 MacBook Air with no idea how. I am very unfamiliar with Github and am looking for where to download the application for Mac. @Dax911 said they are using it on M2. I would love to know how you did that. If someone could link me to instructions on how to use this for Mac that would be much appreciated.

Get homebrew, install qt5, install xcode (like the guide tells for mac os) and you can build it without ANY OTHER change..

[mark-d-holmberg]

Can confirm. This worked for me.

[Dax911]

Hey I am back and with this latest version I am getting a very interesting compile issue.

In file included from noise.c:2:
In file included from ./noise.h:4:
./rng.h:6:10: fatal error: 'stdlib.h' file not found
#include <stdlib.h>
         ^~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make[1]: *** [noise.o] Error 1
make: *** [cubiomes-viewer.app/Contents/MacOS/cubiomes-viewer] Error 2

Fixed it on M2

Run

xcrun --show-sdk-path

to get the path and make sure ur sdk is up to date and everything for qt is in the correct path etc.

using the output i replaced ln 4 in the makefile as so

override CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -fwrapv -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk

then cleared everything and started build from scratch.