Hi peterl94, thanks for the reply As indicated in an other one of my posts (I put it separately cause I thought it was a separate issue): http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19535 I've been able to run the Cmake to completion but the compilation chokes on first link step because of a mis...

After successfully running the CMake cmake -DBUILD_ROBOT="0" -DFREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_PIVY="1" -DBUILD_FEM_NETGEN="1" -DFREECAD_CREATE_MAC_APP="1" ../FreeCAD-git the compile process chokes on the first link step: make Scanning dependencies of target Driver [ 0%] Building CXX object src/3rdParty/salome...

For posterity, the instructions are missing the prerequisite to med-file which you can install like this: brew install freecad/freecad/med-file This allowed CMake to configure the project with this: cmake -DBUILD_ROBOT="0" -DFREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_PIVY="1" -DBUILD_FEM_NETGEN="1" -DFREECAD_CREATE_MAC_A...

For posterity:

The instructions are missing a prerequisite:

You need to install 'med-file' like this:

When I try to configure the build with CMake (On Macos 10.10.5 Yosemite) with: cmake -DBUILD_ROBOT="0" -DFREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_PIVY="1" -DBUILD_FEM_NETGEN="1" -DFREECAD_CREATE_MAC_APP="1" ../FreeCAD-git it fails as follows: -- Check for medfile (libmed and libmedc) ... CMake Error at /usr/local/Cella...

I saw this thread https://github.com/sgrogan/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.17-med-test which seems to be related. It mentions disabling MESH_PART but does not say how and also refers to some release: https://github.com/sgrogan/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.17-med-test but again a bit vague how to go about this or...

Hi peterl94, thanks for the tip. I've tried that like half a dozen time but failed. But I decided to let this have a one more go from the start. First I wiped every possible remains of the Macports, have not used it for years and thought I had it all removed but somehow CMake was able to detect it. ...

Thanks, not sure, as my failure is earlier, ie. because it is found in two taps it cannot be installed and with only one tap get an other installation issue and all this is before the installer actually does anything. But there were some clues there so I will have a deeper look. Thanks again!

I'm trying to compile FreeCAD on Mac following the instructions here: http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/?title=CompileOnMac I've got a pretty virgin homebrew installation so I expected this to go smoothly but run into several issues installing the prerequisites. Concentrating only on one problem at a t...