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QGIS Mac Packager

Set of scripts to create MacOS standalone QGIS package (dmg)

To know when we release, see QGIS release schedule

How to report issues

• Add link to the installed package
• Add crash report if QGIS crashed
• State MacOS version (e.g. 10.15.0), QGIS version
• Run /Applications/QGIS*.app/Contents/MacOS/QGIS from Terminal and add the output
• Append any messages from QGIS message log or python warnings log if present

Debugging Tips

• gatekeeper: codesign --verbose --deep-verify /Applications/QGIS*.app/
• loaded dylibs: ps -A | grep -i qgis; vmmap <pid>
• signature: codesign -d -vvvv <file>
• accept by gatekeeper: spctl -a -t exec -vv <path>.dmg
• signature: codesign --verify --deep --strict --verbose=2
• library deps (similar to Windows' Dependency Walker): https://github.com/kwin/macdependency
• to debug Qt Plugins (e.g. SQL), use : QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 open /Application/QGIS*.app
• if QGIS crashes on start, try with clean profile mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles ~/Library/Application\ Support/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles_bk
• if QGIS crashes after load, try use clean profile from the QGIS Menu
• list symbols of dynlib: nm -gU <libname>

Server Setup

• Get macOS Big Sur server

• Get Apple Development Program for your Apple ID

• Login to the server (have static IP)

• Change default password to some secure one

• Open Settings > Spotlight and disable all search locations & add /opt and ~/qgis to exclude locations

• Install XCode from App Store (It is enough to JUST install command line tools!)

• Go to Apple Developer Download page -> More and command line tools. Install both

• Sign out from the apple developer page and app store

• Open XCode and accept license

• install homebrew and QGIS deps by running install_brew.bash

• Download MrSID SDK referenced in and place it in the folder $HOME/Library/Caches/Homebrew. Make a symbolic link in ../external/MrSID_DSDK-<ver>-darwin14.universal.clang60

• Download erdas-ecw-jp2 5.5.0 referenced in. Open dmg, open pkg and install to default location (Desktop Read-Only Free type). Make a symbolic link in ../external/ERDASEcwJpeg2000SDK<ver>

• Download Oracle (18.1.0.0.0) package from Oracle Download Section. Only "Instant Client Package - Basic" and "Instant Client Package - SDK" are needed. Unpack/install to ../external/oracle

• install homebrew packages by install_brew_dev_packages.bash

• Update ~/.bash_profile from scrips/bash_profile

• now clone this repository

• for upload, add you ssh keys to qgis/ssh/ and secure them

• copy run_cronjob one folder above

• to Code Signing (you need Apple certificate to be "Identified developer")

  • You need application certificate from https://developer.apple.com/account
  • Generate production/development signing identify
  • Get cer file and scp to the server
  • Double click on cer file and install it on the server
  • On Machine where you created request, export private key and copy and install on server too.
  • install p12 cert to login identity
  • security find-identity -v to find existing identities
  • create sign_identity.txt with the ID of your identity
  • allow to use it in cronjob (https://stackoverflow.com/a/20324331/2838364)
  • create symbolic link to keychain with the imported identity
  • if used for signing the qgis-deps, you may need to "unlock" it in KeyChain Access App

• so your folders structure is

  sign_identity.txt
  qgis.keychain.db --> ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db
  run_cronjob.bash
  QGIS-Mac-Packager/
  external/ECW.. --> link to SDK
  external/MrSid.. --> link to SDK
  external/Oracle/sdk
  external/Oracle/instantclient
  builds/
  logs/
  ssh/

• Run run_pkg.bash with nightly/ltr/pr to build releases/nightlies (detects the latest version)
• Nightly releases should be set as launchd once per day (use tabs!)

cp scripts/org.qgis.build.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
plutil ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.qgis.build.plist 
echo $UID
launchctl bootstrap gui/503 ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.qgis.build.plist
launchctl enable gui/503/org.qgis.build

If you want to kick the cron manually and see the errors try

launchctl kickstart gui/503/org.qgis.build
tail -n 200 -f /var/log/system.log | grep qgis
cat 

Server Update

• remove all build folders
• remove homebrew (/usr/local/*)
• reinstall homebrew packages
• clear ccache ccache -C