[Therion] macOS installation

[Oliver Legg]

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
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