> Begin forwarded message: > > From: sigrok-devel-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Sigrok on macOS - bugs and workarounds > Date: 17 August 2023 at 18:20:19 BST > To: simonngoodwi...@gmail.com > > This is a moderated mailing list. To post, please subscribe first. > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel > > > From: Simon N Goodwin <simonngoodwi...@gmail.com> > Subject: Sigrok on macOS - bugs and workarounds > Date: 17 August 2023 at 18:20:06 BST > To: sigrok-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Hi, > > I’m trying to pass on potential help for others like me who struggled to find > or run sigrok-cli on macOS. > > The vague orange warning banner added in February is invisible to anyone > following links /into/ the page (including from your Wiki). > > all attempts to download the latest builds from > http://sigrok.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X <http://sigrok.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X> yield a > broken 22K '.DMG' file which will not mount. > I got the GUI software from archive.org <http://archive.org/>, which finds > the device, but there's no sign of any macOS version of the CLI package > (sigrok-cli) there or on http://sigrok.org <http://sigrok.org/> > > With help from Andrew at HobbyComponents.com <http://hobbycomponents.com/> I > found > > https://web.archive.org/web/20220510071 ... IGHTLY.dmg > <https://web.archive.org/web/20220510071316/http://sigrok.org/download/binary/sigrok-cli/sigrok-cli-NIGHTLY.dmg> > > seems to be a good one. > > However to make it work (using the script inside the sigrok-cli.app package) > I found I needed to extract the dynamic library libintl.8.dylib from > Contents/Frameworks/ and copy it to /usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/ otherwise it > crashes with this helpful message in terminal: > > dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib > Referenced from: /Volumes/sigrok-cli > NIGHTLY/sigrok-cli.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/Python > Reason: image not found > Abort trap: 6 > > I already have Python 3.7 (which is three-quarters of the contents of the > DMG) installed in /usr/local for other work that doesn't like the ancient 2.7 > Apple install by default, so it's possible that some of the other > dependencies in the DMG might need similar treatment, but as far as I can see > libintl is the only broken one - perhaps added when the GUI version was > localised - I can see (and expect) no signs of internationalisation in the > sigrok-cli.main binary - all the strings are English literals. > > I hope this helps you (0) bring back the macOS nightly builds (and stop them > clobbering good ones with 22K of junk if they fail) and (1) fix the > hard-wired path or remove a bogus dependency. > > In the meantime I hope this helps others get your software to work. > > Simon N Goodwin > Interactive Audio Tech Consultant, Warwick UK > Email: <mailto:simonngoodwi...@gmail.com>simonngoodwi...@gmail.com > <mailto:simonngoodwi...@gmail.com>
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