[Mrtrix-discussion] mac version of software

[Donald Tournier]

Hi Michael,

This is great news, and doesn't even sound too complicated! I'll add your
instructions to the documentation and make sure they're available for the
next release. In the meantime, I'd be interested to hear how things are
going with the Mac version, and whether you've encountered any issues with
it so far.

Thanks,

Donald.


On 26 February 2011 13:19, Michael Zeineh <mmzeineh at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>
>
>
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> Jacques-Donald Tournier (PhD)
> Brain Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
> Tel: +61 (0)3 9496 4078
>
>
>


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Jacques-Donald Tournier (PhD)
Brain Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Tel: +61 (0)3 9496 4078
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