Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of BuildingOnMac

Timestamp:

Aug 28, 2020, 3:00:18 AM (3 years ago)

Author:

Robert Coup

Comment:

Add better homebrew instructions, hide old "Framework way", link to BuildingOnUnix

BuildingOnMac

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-If all you are looking for are pre-compiled binaries, you can find them in the KyngChaos wiki:
+If all you are looking for are pre-compiled binaries for macOS, you can get them either:
 
-Last version of GDAL: http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks#gdal_complete
+1. At !KyngChaos: http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks#gdal_complete
 
-But if you need to build GDAL, you have various options. Here are two:
+2. Using [https://brew.sh Homebrew] via `brew install gdal`
 
-'''The Homebrew way'''
+Both include any dependencies necessary (PROJ/GEOS/etc).
 
-1.- Follow the instructions to install Homebrew http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
+----
 
-2.- Compile and install the current release version of gdal
-{{{
-brew install gdal
-}}}
-This will bring any dependencies necessary (PROJ/GEOS/etc) with it, download them and install them.
+But if you need to build GDAL, you have a couple of options. 
 
-If you want to compile the trunk version of GDAL instead, you can use the following command:
-{{{
-brew install gdal --HEAD
-}}}
+1. [https://brew.sh Homebrew] can do it all for you: `brew install gdal --HEAD`
 
-If you want to Compile and Debug using XCode, use brew to install gdal, then follow the instructions to setup XCode from here: 
+2. Follow the BuildingOnUnix instructions.
+  * Make sure you have [https://brew.sh Homebrew] installed, which will setup XCode & the build tools for you as well.
+  * To easily get all the available dependencies, use Homebrew: `brew install gdal —-only-dependencies`
+  * Clone the GDAL source code from Github
+  * Configure & Make following BuildingOnUnix
+  * If you want to make sure you're using Homebrew's Python, use `./configure --with-python=/usr/local/opt/python3/bin/python3`
 
-http://blog.burhum.com/post/35555678746/debugging-makefile-based-projects-using-xcode-gdal-as
+If you want to Compile and Debug using XCode, use brew to install gdal, then follow the instructions to setup XCode from here: http://blog.burhum.com/post/35555678746/debugging-makefile-based-projects-using-xcode-gdal-as
 
+----
+
+'' !Beware! This information is old and quite possibly broken. ''
 
 '''The Framework way'''