[Mrtrix-discussion] mac version of software

[Michael Zeineh]

Got it working! At least the basics … mrview and mrconvert etc. Didn't test tractography yet ..

I tried copying from one machine (10.6.5) to another (10.6), but this didn’t work, so I don’t think it is worth putting binaries anywhere …

Here is what I had to do

Install fink per webpage in /sw64

Download tarball

tar -xvzf fink-0.29.19.tar.gz

cd  fink-0.29.19

./bootstrap sw64 (puts fink in /sw64)

fink install python glib gtk+ glibmm2.4 gtkmm2.4 gtkglext1 gsl

at some point it bottoms out, so just repeat it, and it works

 

copy linux.py Darwin.py

modify Darwin.py cpp flags to read –mtune=native rather than –march=native

modify darwin.py to add to the cpp flags: '-L/sw64/lib', '-I/sw64/include'
./build

 
copy to /usr/local/mri

change permissions so all users can read

change path to include /usr/local/mri/bin

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/mrtrix/lib"

 

Then things work!

 

One time, it was complaining regarding the freetype library, and this required copying the /usr/x11/bin/libfreetype.6.dylib to /sw64/lib/freetype219/lib, though it didn’t require it the second time.

 On Feb 17, 2011, at 11:56 PM, Donald Tournier wrote:


> Hi Michael,
> 
> Perhaps not surprisingly, you're not the first to express interest in a Mac version of MRtrix... I did try once a while ago, and kind of managed to get something working, but it wasn't really satisfactory. To cut a long story short, the command-line utilities seemed to work OK, but the GUI components didn't really seem to work well. I'd eventually convinced myself that it was down to poor OpenGL support on the X compatibility layer. Mind you, this was on an older PowerPC Mac, so things might have changed since then...
> 
> The most painful part was the installation of the dependencies, in particular gtkmm and gtkglext. I had to compile these from source, since the pre-compiled versions available at the time were too old. There's a website that provides pre-compiled packages for Mac at http://www.finkproject.org. I've just had a brief look, and it now looks like all the required dependencies are there and sufficiently up to date - you might be in luck!
> 
> So it looks like it would be worth giving it a shot. If you feel up to it, here's a few pointers: you'll need to generate a new config file for the build - probably named darwin.py (it's named according whatever Python's platform.system() function returns), in the sysconf folder.  I'd recommend you start with a copy of the linux one, and modify it as needed. It should be a simple matter of figuring out the correct include paths, and possibly changing a few compiler options. You shouldn't need to modify the code in any way. 
> 
> Needless to say, if you manage to get it working, I'd be more than happy for you to load it up on NITRC... :) 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Donald.
> 
> 
> On 17 February 2011 07:05, Michael Zeineh <mmzeineh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone been able to compile any part of mrtrix on the mac? mrview and mrconvert are outstanding general tools, along with all the other great dti/csd tools!
> 
> Thank you,
> Michael Zeineh
> 
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