Hi,
basic ROOT installs fine with only Xcode. Fink or MacPorts are only needed to get gfortran for the optional h2root and g2root programs.
Cheers, Fons.
On 3 Aug 2011, at 13:28, Yngve Inntjore Levinsen <yngve.inntjore.levinsen_at_cern.ch> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am under the same impression as Chris. MacPorts seem to be more up to date, and better maintained. At the same time, I've neither spent
> much time with Fink, so I cannot say for sure which is better. I've also got several mac friends recommending MacPorts over Fink, which is partly
> why I have so little experience with Fink. One thing I definitely know, chose one and ONLY one of them. Using both can easily make a mess on
> your system.
>
> Another system one might consider (I haven't) is Homebrew: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew Unsure if you find root there just yet.
>
> Cheers,
> Yngve
>
>
> On Mandag 01 august 2011, Chris Jones wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Good remark! I'm not an extensive Mac user, but sometimes I do, and I
>>> realized there are two main methods of getting unix software installed on
>>> Mac - fink and macports. Which of these two is the recommended approach
>>> for using ROOT on a Mac ? Also, is XCode to be installed or one of the
>>> above mentioned methods would bring a gcc version usable with ROOT ?
>>
>> That I cannot answer. It comes down to a matter of taste as much as
>> anything. Personally I favor MacPorts, as I get the feeling it is better
>> maintained than fink, but as I've never used Fink, I cannot really
>> comment to much on it.
>>
>> One thing I do know is it is not recommended to have both, as they have
>> a tendency to interfere badly with each other.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Eduard
>>>
>>>> If the user is using MacPorts, then just for reference the latest ROOT release
>>>> is available via MacPorts as well. This release does have problems building on
>>>> OSX - This is as you say fixed in the trunk, but until this is in a release
>>>> MacPorts can use, a work around is to install using the gcc44 (or gcc45)
>>>> variants, which build using macports own gcc compilers, and not the system
>>>> one.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>> Cheers, Fons.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 31 Jul 2011, at 18:21, Vito Palladino <Vito.Palladino_at_cern.ch
>>>>> <mailto:Vito.Palladino_at_cern.ch>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That is what ./configure says:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Checking for GL/glew.h ... /opt/local/include
>>>>>> Checking for libGLEW ... /opt/local/lib
>>>>>> Checking whether to build included GLEW ... no
>>>>>> Checking for pkg-config ... /opt/local/bin/pkg-config
>>>>>> Checking for libftgl ... no
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vito Palladino
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> *From:* owner-roottalk_at_root.cern.ch <mailto:owner-roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>
>>>>>> [owner-roottalk_at_root.cern.ch <mailto:owner-roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>] on
>>>>>> behalf of Vito Palladino [Vito.Palladino_at_cern.ch
>>>>>> <mailto:Vito.Palladino_at_cern.ch>]
>>>>>> *Sent:* 31 July 2011 18:13
>>>>>> *To:* Valeri Fayn; <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>roottalk_at_root.cern.ch
>>>>>> <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>
>>>>>> *Subject:* RE: [ROOT] Compiling on OSX LION
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I installed GLEW and seems to work bu an other error stops the
>>>>>> compilation:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> make[5]: *** No rule to make target `XrdOucFactoryBonjour.hh', needed by
>>>>>> `../../obj/XrdOucBonjour.o'. Stop.
>>>>>> make[4]: *** [Darwinall] Error 2
>>>>>> make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
>>>>>> make[2]: *** [XrdOuc] Error 2
>>>>>> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
>>>>>> *** Error condition reported by make (rc = 2):
>>>>>> make: *** [net/xrootd/src/xrootd/LastBuild.d] Error 1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> *From:* Fine, Valeri [fine_at_bnl.gov <mailto:fine_at_bnl.gov>]
>>>>>> *Sent:* 31 July 2011 17:26
>>>>>> *To:* Vito Palladino; <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>roottalk_at_root.cern.ch
>>>>>> <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>
>>>>>> *Subject:* RE: [ROOT] Compiling on OSX LION
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you check whether the
>>>>>> <http://www.opengl.org/sdk/libs/GLEW/>http://www.opengl.org/sdk/libs/GLEW/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is present?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards , Valeri Fine
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brookhaven National Laboratory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Upton, NY 11973
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Phone +1-631-344-7806
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *From:* Vito Palladino [mailto:Vito.Palladino_at_cern.ch]
>>>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:17 AM
>>>>>> *To:* Fine, Valeri; <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>roottalk_at_root.cern.ch
>>>>>> <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>
>>>>>> *Subject:* RE: [ROOT] Compiling on OSX LION
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm new on a mac machine. However I installed Xcode and it was supposed to
>>>>>> contain OpenGL...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you again
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vito Palladino
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *From:* Fine, Valeri [fine_at_bnl.gov <mailto:fine_at_bnl.gov>]
>>>>>> *Sent:* 31 July 2011 16:40
>>>>>> *To:* Vito Palladino; <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>roottalk_at_root.cern.ch
>>>>>> <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>
>>>>>> *Subject:* RE: [ROOT] Compiling on OSX LION
>>>>>>
>>>>>> include/TGLIncludes.h:23:21: error: GL/glew.h: No such file or directory
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there OpenGL properly installed?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards , Valeri Fine
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brookhaven National Laboratory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Upton, NY 11973
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Phone +1-631-344-7806
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *From:* owner-roottalk_at_root.cern.ch <mailto:owner-roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>
>>>>>> [mailto:owner-roottalk_at_root.cern.ch] *On Behalf Of *Vito Palladino
>>>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, July 31, 2011 9:42 AM
>>>>>> *To:* <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>roottalk_at_root.cern.ch
>>>>>> <mailto:roottalk_at_root.cern.ch>
>>>>>> *Subject:* [ROOT] Compiling on OSX LION
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Rooters,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to compile root on OSX LION.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I run ./configure --prefix=/usr/bin and than make but the following errors
>>>>>> are returned:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In file included from
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:25:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> include/TGLIncludes.h:23:21: error: GL/glew.h: No such file or directory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx: In member
>>>>>> function ‘virtual void TF2GL::DirectDraw(TGLRnrCtx&) const’:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:96: error:
>>>>>> ‘GL_ENABLE_BIT’ was not declared in this scope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:96: error:
>>>>>> ‘GL_LIGHTING_BIT’ was not declared in this scope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:96: error:
>>>>>> ‘glPushAttrib’ was not declared in this scope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:98: error:
>>>>>> ‘GL_NORMALIZE’ was not declared in this scope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:98: error:
>>>>>> ‘glEnable’ was not declared in this scope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:99: error:
>>>>>> ‘GL_COLOR_MATERIAL’ was not declared in this scope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:99: error:
>>>>>> ‘glDisable’ was not declared in this scope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:104: error:
>>>>>> ‘GL_CULL_FACE’ was not declared in this scope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/vitopalladino/Downloads/root/graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.cxx:105: error:
>>>>>> ‘glPopAttrib’ was not declared in this scope
>>>>>>
>>>>>> make: *** [graf3d/gl/src/TF2GL.o] Error 1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you have any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vito Palladino
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
Received on Wed Aug 03 2011 - 18:47:06 CEST