Mac Intel Instructions

Specific instructions for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and later, Intel or PPC

XCode

• Make sure you have xcode installed. If you don't have it, get it here (You'll need a Mac Developer Account)

Install Python

• We won't use the Python version that comes with Mac OS X. Install the Mac Python version available here.
• Update your path: using Finder, go to Applications > MacPython 2.5 . There is a script there called Update Shell Profile.command that adds the new Python to your .bash_profile.
• You can test the installation typing python -V in the shell. You should see Python 2.5.2

Install numpy, scipy and matplotlib

Chris Fonnesbeck created a automator script to install numpy, scipy and matplotlib. The installer for PPC works fine. The automator script for Intel didn't work for me, so I had to do this:

Requirements

• setuptools: download ez_setup.py, and run it (sudo python ez_setup.py); this will download and install the appropriate setuptools egg for your Python version.
• libpng and libjpeg: Install the universal package available here
• freetype. You have to install macports. And then do a sudo port install freetype and create a symlink to the installed library:

  sudo ln -s /opt/local/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib /usr/local/lib/

• Install packages using setuptools:

  sudo easy_install http://idisk.mac.com/fonnesbeck-Public/numpy-1.0.5.dev4851-py2.5-macosx-10.5-i386.egg
  sudo easy_install http://idisk.mac.com/fonnesbeck-Public/scipy-0.7.0.dev3998-py2.5-macosx-10.5-i386.egg
  sudo easy_install http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.91.2-py2.5-macosx-10.3-fat.egg  

Install other python extensions

• PyXml
  • Uncompress it and inside the uncompressed directory do a sudo python setup.py install
• In order to use the Log feature, you need to install MySQLdb. In order to do that , you need to install MySQL. Get specific version for your system here. Then install MySQLdb
  • Uncompress it and and inside the uncompressed directory do a sudo python setup.py install

Install VTK CVS version (Skip this step if you won't use VTK)

• First you'll need CMake: get the latest release here
• Then you can get vtk: follow the instructions to download the CVS source code on this page
• (Skip this step if you don't need to run CORIE workflows) Follow these instructions to add CORIE and other needed files to VTK.
• To compile VTK follow the instructions in the file README.html in the root of VTK directory tree
• On configuring CMake, make sure that the variables VTK_WRAP_PYTHON, VTK_USE_GUISUPPORT, VTK_USE_DISPLAY, VTK_USE_CARBON are ON and VTK_USE_QVTK, VTK_USE_COCOA, VTK_USE_X are OFF
• Create a environment variable called PYTHONPATH
  • export PYTHONPATH=<path/to/vtk_build>/Wrapping/Python:<path/to/vtk_build>/bin:.

Install Qt 4.3.4 or above

• You can get the open source version for MAC here
• Uncompress the file and inside the uncompressed directory run configure then make and finally sudo make install
• Add the /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.3.4/bin to the PATH variable

Install GraphViz

• For Leopard: Install this package
• Tiger: There are Mac OS X builds of nightly snapshots here
  • Add the usr/local/graphviz-version/bin to the PATH variable

Install SIP

• Get the stable release version available here. (The latest snapshot version is here)
• Uncompress the file, and inside the directory, type python configure.py. Then make and make install

Install PyQt4

• Get the stable version, available here. (The latest snapshot version is here)
• Uncompress the file, and inside the directory, type python configure.py. Then make and make install

CDAT

If you want to install cdat from source on mac, follow these instructions.