MacOS Build Instructions

Caution

The process of building and correctly linking the application and it’s dependencies is complex and very error prone. To simplify the process we created a series of bash scripts that take care of this, the downside is that compiling and packaging takes a lot of time. Currently without modifying the source code you can only build the application for intel x86_64 processors. We are working to optimize this build procedure.

Building Scopy

1. Clone the Scopy repository:

   % cd ~
   % git clone https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/scopy.git
   

2. Set up dependencies.

   • Run the following script:

   % scopy/ci/macOS/install_macos_deps.sh
   

   This will install packages using brew, so you will have to make sure that you have brew installed on the machine. Here are the install instructions. The rest of the dependencies that can’t be found on brew will be built from the source files.

3. Build the application

   • Run the following script:

   % scopy/ci/macOS/build_azure_macos.sh
   

   This will use the packages from Step 2 in order to compile the Scopy application.

4. Package the application

   • Run the following script:

   % scopy/ci/macOS/package_darwin.sh
   

   To run the application, the final step is linking the dependencies to the Scopy binary, enabling the operating system to locate them at runtime.

   This process is handled by a script that manages both the linking and packaging. Once the script completes, inside the build folder, it generates a file named Scopy.app, which can be opened either by running “open Scopy.app” in the terminal or by double-clicking it in the file explorer.