Build for Mac using Macports

Prerequisites

Install XCode from AppStore
Install MacPorts from: https://www.macports.org/install.php

Build and run

In a terminal, run:

sudo port selfupdate
port search sdrangel
sudo port install sdrangel
sdrangel

Build for Mac

Prerequisites

Install XCode from AppStore (If building on Mojave, use Xcode 11.3.1 from Apple developer website, rather than App Store)
Install Qt 5.15.2 or Qt 6.6.0 (if Arm) from https://www.qt.io/download (Installed in $HOME/Qt) (This includes cmake)
Install git from https://git-scm.com/download/mac if not included with XCode
Install svn (Subversion) if not installed as part of Xcode (From brew, macports or build from source see below)
Install SDRPlay API from SDRplay.com (For x64 SDRplay_RSP_API-MaxOSX-3.07.3.pkg - Installs headers in to /usr/local) - For ARM, use 3.12.1.)
Install Python 3 from https://www.python.org/downloads/ (If not already installed)
Install pip and other python packages:

    python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip 
    pip3 install numpy mako requests Cheetah3 setuptools

Create directories:

    sudo mkdir -p /opt/build
    sudo chown $USER:staff /opt/build
    sudo mkdir -p /opt/install
    sudo chown $USER:staff /opt/install

Compile Subversion if binary not available (E.g. on arm):

    cd /opt/build
    curl -L -Ok https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1w.tar.gz
    tar xf openssl-1.1.1w.tar.gz
    cd openssl-1.1.1w
    perl ./Configure --prefix=/opt/install/opensll --openssldir=/opt/install/opensll/openssl no-ssl3 no-ssl3-method darwin64-arm64-cc
    make 
    make install
    cd /opt/install
    curl -L -Ok http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scons/scons-local/4.5.2/scons-local-4.5.2.tar.gz
    mkdir scons-local-4.5.2
    cd scons-local-4.5.2
    tar xf ../scons-local-4.5.2.tar.gz
    cd /opt/build
    curl -Ok https://dlcdn.apache.org/subversion/subversion-1.14.2.tar.gz
    tar xf subversion-1.14.2.tar.gz
    cd subversion-1.14.2
    (Edit get-deps.sh and increase APR_VERSION to 1.7.4 and SERF_VERSION to 1.3.10 to build with arm)
    ./get-deps.sh   
    mkdir build-apr
    cd build-apr
    ../apr/configure --prefix=/opt/install/apr
    make all install
    cd ..
    mkdir build-apr-util
    cd build-apr-util
    ../apr-util/configure --prefix=/opt/install/apr --with-apr=/opt/install/apr
    make all install
    cd ../
    cd serf
    python3 /opt/install/scons-local-4.5.2/scons.py APR=/opt/install/apr APU=/opt/install/apr-util PREFIX=/opt/install/serf OPENSSL=/opt/install/openssl
    python3 /opt/install/scons-local-4.5.2/scons.py install
    cd ..
    mkdir build
    cd build
    ../configure --prefix=/opt/install/subversion-1.14.2 --with-apr=/opt/install/apr --with-apr-util=/opt/install/apr-util --with-serf=/opt/install/serf --with-lz4=internal --with-utf8proc=internal
    make all install

Install nasm (needed for FFMpeg on x86, not on arm)

    cd /opt/install
    curl -Ok https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.15.05/macosx/nasm-2.15.05-macosx.zip
    unzip nasm-2.15.05-macosx.zip

Compile pkg-config

    cd /opt/build
    curl -Ok https://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.29.2.tar.gz
    tar xf pkg-config-0.29.2.tar.gz 
    cd pkg-config-0.29.2
    mkdir build
    cd build
    ../configure --prefix=/opt/install/pkg-config-0.29.2 --with-internal-glib
    make all install

Compile Soapy and SoapyRemote

    cd /opt/build
    git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR.git
    cd SoapySDR
    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/install/SoapySDR ..
    make all install
    cd /opt/build
    git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote.git
    cd SoapyRemote
    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/install/SoapySDR -DSOAPY_SDR_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/install/SoapySDR/include -DSOAPY_SDR_LIBRARY=/opt/install/SoapySDR/lib/libSoapySDR.dylib .. 
    make all install

On x86: Set up PATH environment variable:

    export QT_DIR=$HOME/Qt/
    export PATH=$QT_DIR/5.15.2/clang_64/bin:$PATH
    export PATH=$QT_DIR/Tools/CMake/CMake.app/Contents/bin:$PATH
    export PATH=/opt/install/subversion-1.14.2/bin:$PATH
    export PATH=/opt/install/pkg-config-0.29.2/bin:$PATH
    export PATH=/opt/install/nasm-2.15.05:$PATH

On arm: Set up PATH environment variable:

    export QT_DIR=$HOME/Qt/
    export PATH=$QT_DIR/6.6.0/macOS/bin:$PATH
    export PATH=$QT_DIR/Tools/CMake/CMake.app/Contents/bin:$PATH
    export PATH=/opt/install/subversion-1.14.2/bin:$PATH
    export PATH=/opt/install/pkg-config-0.29.2/bin:$PATH

Download and build SDRangel

cd /opt/build
git clone https://github.com/f4exb/sdrangel.git
cd sdrangel
#git submodule update --init --recursive
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -Wno-dev -DDEBUG_OUTPUT=ON -DENABLE_RTLSDR=ON -DENABLE_BLADERF=ON -DENABLE_AIRSPY=ON -DENABLE_AIRSPYHF=ON -DENABLE_FUNCUBE=ON -DENABLE_HACKRF=ON -DENABLE_IIO=ON -DENABLE_LIMESUITE=ON -DENABLE_MIRISDR=ON -DENABLE_PERSEUS=ON -DENABLE_SDRPLAY=ON -DENABLE_SOAPYSDR=ON -DSOAPYSDR_DIR=/opt/install/SoapySDR -DENABLE_XTRX=ON -DENABLE_USRP=ON -DENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=ON -DBUNDLE=ON -DRX_SAMPLE_24BIT=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/install/sdrangel -DPKG_CONFIG_USE_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=TRUE -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$QT_DIR/5.15.2/clang_64" ..
make package

On Arm, use the make options:

-DENABLE_QT6=ON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3 -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$QT_DIR/6.6.0/macOS"

-DBUNDLE=ON is the option to create a .dmg

If there are SSL certificate errors fetching third party code, use -DCMAKE_TLS_VERIFY=FALSE

If you have multiple versions of Python installed, you can specify which has the required packages with -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3

Use -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON to get make to display commands it is executing.

When building a x64 release, use -DARCH_OPT=nehalem so that AVX instructions aren't used, as some older CPUs do not have them (Will require SSE4_2).

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