[Therion] macOS installation

[Anže Abram]

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*
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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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