Re: Having problem building on macOS Mojave

[Ben Abbott]

> On Dec 24, 2018, at 9:22 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Dec 23, 2018, at 10:47 PM, katokateki <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 8:16 PM katokateki <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I ran the scripts, took me a while to fix some issues but yes, it fixed the 
>> readline issue.
>> When I ran configure, I got this at the end:
>> <pre style='color:#000000;background:#ffffff;'>configure<span 
>> style='color:#808030; '>:</span> WARNING<span style='color:#808030; 
>> '>:</span> FreeType library not found<span style='color:#800000; 
>> font-weight:bold; '>.</span>  OpenGL graphics will not be fully 
>> functional<span style='color:#800000; font-weight:bold; '>.</span>
>> configure<span style='color:#808030; '>:</span> WARNING<span 
>> style='color:#808030; '>:</span> Qt libraries not found<span 
>> style='color:#800080; '>;</span> disabling Qt GUI
>> configure<span style='color:#808030; '>:</span> WARNING<span 
>> style='color:#808030; '>:</span> SUNDIALS IDA library does not include the 
>> IDADENSE linear solver, ode15i and ode15s will be disabled
>> configure<span style='color:#808030; '>:</span> WARNING<span 
>> style='color:#808030; '>:</span> SUNDIALS IDA library not configured with 
>> IDAKLU, ode15i and ode15s will not support the sparse Jacobian feature
>> configure<span style='color:#808030; '>:</span> WARNING<span 
>> style='color:#808030; '>:</span> ARPACK not found<span style='color:#800000; 
>> font-weight:bold; '>.</span>  The eigs <span style='color:#800000; 
>> font-weight:bold; '>function</span> will be disabled<span 
>> style='color:#800000; font-weight:bold; '>.</span>
>> configure<span style='color:#808030; '>:</span>
>> configure<span style='color:#808030; '>:</span> NOTE<span 
>> style='color:#808030; '>:</span> Libraries or auxiliary programs may be 
>> skipped <span style='color:#800000; font-weight:bold; '>if</span> they are 
>> not found
>> configure<span style='color:#808030; '>:</span> NOTE<span 
>> style='color:#808030; '>:</span> OR <span style='color:#800000; 
>> font-weight:bold; '>if</span> they are missing required features on your 
>> system<span style='color:#800000; font-weight:bold; '>.</span>
>> </pre>
>> <!--Created using ToHtml.com on 2018-12-23 14:40:47 UTC -->
>> 
>> I did some research and from your own thread from Jan of this year I think 
>> it's safe to ignore the FreeType library warning. But the rest, I don't know 
>> how to resolve. I tried searching, but not much help. And if the patch you 
>> mentioned in the script:
>> patch -p1 < ../octave-qt_wait_on_worker_thread-DEBUG1-djs2018oct19.patch 
>> (the QT patch)
>> patch -p1 $@ < ../open_kEClIYyW.patch
>> I don't know how to use it, where do I find the .patch file? Sorry, I'm 
>> really new to this, and I really appreciate your help until now.
>> Thanks
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 3:08 PM Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> On Dec 23, 2018, at 11:40 AM, katokateki <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 9:04 AM Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> On Dec 23, 2018, at 11:15 AM, katokateki <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018, 08:25 Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 11:24 PM, katokateki <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi everyone, I'm new to open source and just tried to build Octave on my 
>>>>> MacOS Mojave 10.14, I ran the configure script and installed the 
>>>>> dependencies that I got an error for. But I'm stuck on this: "checking 
>>>>> for rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout in -lreadline... no 
>>>>> configure: WARNING: I need GNU Readline 4.2 or later". I installed 
>>>>> readline as told in the macOS building guide in the wiki but it still 
>>>>> doesn't work. Can someone please help me out here?
>>>>> 
>>>>> When i make && sudo make readline, it gives me a warning saying I might 
>>>>> need to run ldconfig. I googled and found it's not a command on mac, so I 
>>>>> tried "sudo update_dyld_shared_cache -force" which gave me a bunch of 
>>>>> errors initially but ran after that. I used -force because without that, 
>>>>> it just showed errors and terminated. Still no works :(
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any help would be appreciated
>>>> 
>>>> Most macOS users have migrated to using the homebrew package manager to 
>>>> satisfy Octave’s dependencies and to build Octave.
>>>> 
>>>> Before going further, can you tell us more about how you’ve install the 
>>>> dependencies? For dependencies, the wiki includes instructions on using 
>>>> (1) Homebrew package manager, (2) MacPorts package manager, (3) Fink 
>>>> package manager, and (3) manual installation. Which approach did you use?
>>>> 
>>>> I’ve used Fink and MacPorts in the past, but as their maintenance has 
>>>> decreased and homebrew’s had increased, I’ve switched to homebrew.
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>>> 
>>>> Ben,
>>>> Thanks for the reply. I've used Homebrew to get the other dependencies, 
>>>> but doing a "brew install readline" gives "Warning: readline 7.0.5 is 
>>>> already installed and up-to-date 
>>>> To reinstall...". I'm pretty sure I did reinstall and it didn't help so I 
>>>> proceeded to install it manually, you know what happened after that...
>>>> 
>>>> By the way, I hadn't "uninstalled" readline before installing it manually, 
>>>> so could this be an issue? 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your reply
>>> 
>>> I have a local script to configure and a second script to make. I’ve 
>>> attached them. The configure script includes some comments describing what 
>>> I did to satisfy the dependencies, including readline.
>>> 
>>> There are two bugs for macOS. I can provide the two patches needed once the 
>>> configure/make scripts are working appropriately.
>>> 
>>> Ben
>>> 
>>> Thanks a lot, I'll try it out. 
>>> 
>>> I really appreciate this help and I hope I can start contributing soon :)
>> 
>> The two patches for macOS are attached to the bug reports below.
>> 
>>      https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50025
>> 
>>      https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55268
>> 
>> If you’re looking for something to work on, either of these are good 
>> candidates. Another possibility is to fix the mkoctfile for macOS. Carlo 
>> maybe working on this already.
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
>> 
>> sorry tried formatting code to look better, failed
>> 
>> configure: WARNING: FreeType library not found.  OpenGL graphics will not be 
>> fully functional.
>> configure: WARNING: Qt libraries not found; disabling Qt GUI
>> configure: WARNING: SUNDIALS IDA library does not include the IDADENSE 
>> linear solver, ode15i and ode15s will be disabled
>> configure: WARNING: SUNDIALS IDA library not configured with IDAKLU, ode15i 
>> and ode15s will not support the sparse Jacobian feature
>> configure: WARNING: ARPACK not found.  The eigs function will be disabled.
>> configure:
>> configure: NOTE: Libraries or auxiliary programs may be skipped if they are 
>> not found
>> configure: NOTE: OR if they are missing required features on your system.
>> 
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> Back to the build problems, I’m using the taps below. Please check yours.
> 
>  brew tap
> dpo/openblas
> homebrew/cask
> homebrew/core
> 
> I’ve not update homebrew in a few weeks. It is possible something has changed 
> on that end (happens more often than you’d think). I’ll update, try a fresh 
> build, and report back.
> 
> Ben

My configure ends with ...

>  Build Octave Qt GUI:                  no (missing:qcollectiongenerator)
>   JIT compiler for loops:               no
>   Build Java interface:                 yes
>   Build static libraries:               no
>   Build shared libraries:               yes
>   Dynamic Linking API:                  dlopen
>   Include support for GNU readline:     yes
>   64-bit array dims and indexing:       yes
>   64-bit BLAS array dims and indexing:  no
>   OpenMP SMP multithreading:            no
>   Truncate intermediate FP results:     yes
>   Build cross tools:                    no
>   Build docs:                           yes
> 
> configure: WARNING: Your installation of Qt version 5 appears incomplete or 
> broken in some way.  Fix that or use --with-qt=VER to use another version.
> configure: WARNING: one or more of the Qt utilities moc, uic, rcc, lrelease, 
> qcollectiongenerator, and qhelpgenerator not found; disabling Qt GUI
> configure: 
> configure: NOTE: Libraries or auxiliary programs may be skipped if they are 
> not found
> configure: NOTE: OR if they are missing required features on your system.

Notice that the configure script includes the notes below.

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# Start with Octave to fulfill most dependencies
brew install octave
brew uninstall octave
# Use Sundails27 instead of Sundials
brew unlink sundials
brew install sundials27
# Add qscintilla2
brew install qscintilla2
# Use Homebrew's texinfo
brew install texinfo
# Use Homebrew's bison
brew install bison
—————————

Your sundials warning/errors may be due to not unliking “sundials” and not 
installing “sundials27”

Regarding Qt,,this dependency is satisfied by “brew install octave”. I get an 
error installing Octave due to a check for Java 1.6, which is optional for 
Octave, but homebrew treats it like a requirement.

Above you’ll see my qt is missing:qcollectiongenerator. There looks to be a 
regression with homebrew’s qt5 (I was able to compile octave an hour ago, but 
am not able to after updating homebrew and upgrading its ports).

I’m adding Sebastian/Adrew t the cc-list. They each have more expertise with 
homebrew than I.

Sebastial/Andrew,

Using qt5 from homebrew is resulting in missing:qcollectiongenerator. Do either 
of you have a solution for that?

Ben