[Therion] macOS installation

Anže Abram anze.abram at gmail.com
Wed Nov 5 08:25:06 CET 2025 

Thank you for your email, this indeed solved the issue.

*Anže Abram*
Ulica bratov Učakar 84, 1000 Ljubljana
SI - Slovenia

*M* +386 41 480 906
*@* anze.abram at gmail.com

*Naše oči je zalila*
*lava goreča*.


On Tue, 4 Nov 2025 at 19:57, Matěj Plch <plch.matej at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> CMake uses libraries which were found during initial configuration. To
> search for libraries again you need to delete CMake cache and
> reconfigure it, in other words you can just remove the whole build
> folder and run CMake from scratch again.
>
> Matěj
>
> út 4. 11. 2025 v 12:37 odesílatel Anže Abram <anze.abram at gmail.com>
> napsal:
> >
> > A recent brew update/brew upgrade seems to break my Therion install
> again. The library in question is 'fmt' which was upgraded from v11 to v12
> apparently. If I try to compile anything with therion, I get the following
> error:
> >
> > dyld[13602]: Library not loaded:
> /opt/homebrew/opt/fmt/lib/libfmt.11.dylib
> >
> >   Referenced from: <1DDE563D-8CCA-3795-BBC8-F76B62F9AE43>
> /usr/local/bin/therion
> >
> >   Reason: tried: '/opt/homebrew/opt/fmt/lib/libfmt.11.dylib' (no such
> file),
> '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/opt/fmt/lib/libfmt.11.dylib'
> (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/opt/fmt/lib/libfmt.11.dylib' (no such file),
> '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/fmt/12.1.0/lib/libfmt.11.dylib' (no such file),
> '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/homebrew/Cellar/fmt/12.1.0/lib/libfmt.11.dylib'
> (no such file), '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/fmt/12.1.0/lib/libfmt.11.dylib' (no
> such file)
> >
> > zsh: abort      therion
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you recommend I look at trying to install the v11 again (brew install
> fmt at 11.2.0 doesn't work) or does this need to be addressed by therion
> developers?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Anze
> >
> > Anže Abram
> > Ulica bratov Učakar 84, 1000 Ljubljana
> > SI - Slovenia
> >
> > M +386 41 480 906
> > @ anze.abram at gmail.com
> >
> > Naše oči je zalila
> > lava goreča.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 at 09:55, Anže Abram <anze.abram at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thank you for this tip, I managed to successfully compile it this way.
> I had to do 'cd .' before cmake command, and finish off with 'make install'
> to place the apps at the correct location. It still produced a few errors
> in Loch sections, but the program seems to run OK in the end. The errors:
> >>
> >> [ 92%] Building CXX object loch/CMakeFiles/loch.dir/lxWX.cxx.o
> >>
> >> [ 92%] Building CXX object loch/CMakeFiles/loch.dir/lxData.cxx.o
> >>
> >> /Users/aabram/Downloads/--therion-6.3.4/loch/lxData.cxx:255:12:
> warning: unused variable 'inpln' [-Wunused-variable]
> >>
> >>   255 |   wxString inpln, flags, filename;
> >>
> >>       |            ^~~~~
> >>
> >> /Users/aabram/Downloads/--therion-6.3.4/loch/lxData.cxx:255:19:
> warning: unused variable 'flags' [-Wunused-variable]
> >>
> >>   255 |   wxString inpln, flags, filename;
> >>
> >>       |                   ^~~~~
> >>
> >> /Users/aabram/Downloads/--therion-6.3.4/loch/lxData.cxx:255:26:
> warning: unused variable 'filename' [-Wunused-variable]
> >>
> >>   255 |   wxString inpln, flags, filename;
> >>
> >>       |                          ^~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> 3 warnings generated.
> >>
> >> [ 93%] Building CXX object loch/CMakeFiles/loch.dir/lxGLC.cxx.o
> >>
> >> [ 94%] Building CXX object loch/CMakeFiles/loch.dir/lxImgIO.cxx.o
> >>
> >>
> >> For those having problems with tcl/tk versions, there is a section at
> homebrew-therion mentioning this problem:
> https://github.com/ladislavb/homebrew-therion?tab=readme-ov-file#xtherion---cant-find-package-bwidget
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> A.
> >>
> >>
> >> Anže Abram
> >> Ulica bratov Učakar 84, 1000 Ljubljana
> >> SI - Slovenia
> >>
> >> M +386 41 480 906
> >> @ anze.abram at gmail.com
> >>
> >> Naše oči je zalila
> >> lava goreča.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 at 13:50, Oliver Legg <ollylegg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Trying using cmake, I find it does a better job at finding
> dependencies:
> >>>
> >>>     cd therion
> >>>     cmake -S . -B build
> >>>     cd build
> >>>     make
> >>>
> >>> > On 30 Oct 2025, at 13:36, Anže Abram <anze.abram at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > Hi.
> >>> >
> >>> > - I am also using the 6.3.4 version I got from
> https://github.com/therion/therion/releases/tag/v6.3.4
> >>> > - For compiling from source, I am using this page:
> https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/os-tips:osx10.8
> >>> >
> >>> > I produce the error when I run the bolded command.
> >>> >
> >>> > cd ~/Downloads/therion
> >>> > make config-macosx
> >>> > make <----
> >>> > cd loch
> >>> > make
> >>> > cd ..
> >>> > make install
> >>> >
> >>> > - I installed all the dependencies before via homebrew. Most were
> installed, but I run into two problems:
> >>> >
> >>> > 'lcdf' package is non-existent, so I installed 'lcdf-typetools'
> instead.
> >>> > 'pkg' package is also non-existant, but I didn't know which package
> to install instead. Suggestions?
> >>> >
> >>> > Maybe it's worth pointing out that 'therion' and 'xtherion' compile
> fine, it's the Loch part that the compiler gets stuck at.
> >>> >
> >>> > Anze
> >>> >
> >>> > Anže Abram
> >>> > Ulica bratov Učakar 84, 1000 Ljubljana
> >>> > SI - Slovenia
> >>> >
> >>> > M +386 41 480 906
> >>> > @ anze.abram at gmail.com
> >>> >
> >>> > Naše oči je zalila
> >>> > lava goreča.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 at 12:20, Oliver Legg <ollylegg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> > Anže,
> >>> >
> >>> > I managed to compile therion from source yesterday, on an Apple
> Silicon Mac, but with the previous version of macOS Sequoia 15.6.1.
> >>> >
> >>> > I used the v6.3.4 tag (17059ab27ce491f1edac150da2b7e2011f79b800).
> >>> >
> >>> > Are you using the CMake build method?
> >>> >
> >>> > I did install the dependencies via Homebrew (taken from the
> `ladislavb/homebrew-therion` repository):
> >>> >
> >>> >     brew install BWidget cmake catch2 fmt freetype ghostscript
> imagemagick lcdf libjpeg libpng pkg proj tcl vtk wxwidgets zlib
> >>> >     brew install --cask xquartz
> >>> >
> >>> > Olly
> >>> >
> >>> > > On 30 Oct 2025, at 07:52, Anže Abram <anze.abram at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Greetings.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > I've been trying to reinstall Therion on a new M-series macbook on
> the newest OS (Tahoe) but have run into several 'dead ends'.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > (1) First I tried the homebrew method, but I ran into the same
> issue as several others. The whole homebrew route seems to be broken
> currently.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > https://github.com/ladislavb/homebrew-therion/issues/15
> >>> > >
> >>> > > (2) I tried to compile it from source, but it gets stuck while
> trying to compile Loch with the following error:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > In file included from lxSetup.cxx:39:
> >>> > > ./lxData.h:35:10: fatal error: 'vtkPolyData.h' file not found
> >>> > >    35 | #include <vtkPolyData.h>
> >>> > >       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> > > 1 error generated.
> >>> > > make[1]: *** [lxSetup.o] Error 1
> >>> > > make: *** [loch/loch] Error 2
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Does anyone know of a solution, how to tackle any of these
> problems by chance? Thanks in advance,
> >>> > > Anze
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Anže Abram
> >>> > > Ulica bratov Učakar 84, 1000 Ljubljana
> >>> > > SI - Slovenia
> >>> > >
> >>> > > M +386 41 480 906
> >>> > > @ anze.abram at gmail.com
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Naše oči je zalila
> >>> > > lava goreča.
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