Relevant KLayout version: 0.28.4
Author: Kazzz-S
Last modified: 2023-02-01
# 1. Introduction
This directory **`macbuild`** contains various files required for building KLayout (http://www.klayout.de/) version 0.28.4 or later for different 64-bit macOS, including:
* Catalina (10.15.7) : the primary development environment
* Big Sur (11.x) : experimental; Apple (M1|M2) chip is not tested since the author does not own an (M1|M2) Mac
* Monterey (12.x) : -- ditto --
* Ventura (13.x) : -- ditto --
Building KLayout for the previous operating systems listed below should still be possible.
However, they are not actively supported, and DMG packages are not provided.
* Mojave (10.14)
* High Sierra (10.13)
* Sierra (10.12)
* El Capitan (10.11)
Throughout this document, the primary target machine is **Intel x86_64** with **macOS Catalina**.
A **((Notes))** marker indicates special notes for specific operating systems.
# 2. Qt Frameworks
**((Notes))** For **Catalina**
The default Qt framework is "Qt5" from MacPorts (https://www.macports.org/), which is usually located under:
```
/opt/local/libexec/qt5/
```
**((Notes))** For **Big Sur**, **Monterey**, and **Ventura**
The default Qt framework is "Qt5" from Homebrew (https://brew.sh/), which is usually located under:
```
/usr/local/opt/qt@5/
```
You can also choose "Qt5" from Anaconda3 (https://www.anaconda.com/), which is usually located under:
```
$HOME/opt/anaconda3/pkgs/qt-{version}
```
If you have installed Anaconda3 under $HOME/opt/anaconda3/, make a symbolic link:
```
/Applications/anaconda3/ ---> $HOME/opt/anaconda3/
```
The migration work to "Qt6" is ongoing. You can try to use it; however, you will encounter some build and runtime errors.
# 3. Script language support: Ruby and Python
Earlier, by default, supported script languages, i.e., Ruby and Python, were those standard ones bundled with the OS.
```
$ /usr/bin/ruby -v
ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580) [universal.x86_64-darwin19]
$ /usr/bin/python --version
Python 2.7.16
```
Note that this configuration for backward compatibility is possible only for macOS Catalina (10.15.7).
In contrast, Homebrew's Ruby 3.2 and Python 3.9 are the default environment for Big Sur, Monterey, and Ventura.
Since Python 2.7 is already deprecated, using MacPorts' or Homebrew's Ruby 3.2 and Python 3.9 are also recommended for Catalina.
The build script **`build4mac.py`** provides several possible combinations of Qt5, Ruy, and Python modules to accommodate such a slightly complex environment.
Some typical use cases are described in Section 6.
# 4. Prerequisites
You need to have the followings:
* The latest Xcode and command-line tool kit compliant with each OS
* Qt5 package from MacPorts, Homebrew, or Anaconda3
* Optionally, Ruby and Python packages from MacPorts, Homebrew, or Anaconda3
#### For matching versions of Ruby and Python, please also refer to `build4mac_env.py`.
# 5. Command-line options of **`build4mac.py`**
**((Notes))** For **Catalina**
```
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<< Usage of 'build4mac.py' >>
for building KLayout 0.28.4 or later on different Apple macOS / Mac OSX platforms.
$ [python] ./build4mac.py
option & argument : descriptions (refer to 'macbuild/build4mac_env.py' for details)| default value
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------
[-q|--qt ] : case-insensitive type=['Qt5MacPorts', 'Qt5Brew', 'Qt5Ana3', | qt5macports
: 'Qt6MacPorts', 'Qt6Brew'] |
: Qt5MacPorts: use Qt5 from MacPorts |
: Qt5Brew: use Qt5 from Homebrew |
: Qt5Ana3: use Qt5 from Anaconda3 |
: Qt6MacPorts: use Qt6 from MacPorts (*) |
: Qt6Brew: use Qt6 from Homebrew (*) |
: (*) migration to Qt6 is ongoing |
[-r|--ruby ] : case-insensitive type=['nil', 'Sys', 'MP31', 'HB31', 'Ana3', | sys
: 'MP32', HB32'] |
: nil: don't bind Ruby |
: Sys: use OS-bundled Ruby [2.0 - 2.6] depending on OS |
: MP31: use Ruby 3.1 from MacPorts |
: HB31: use Ruby 3.1 from Homebrew |
: Ana3: use Ruby 3.1 from Anaconda3 |
: MP32: use Ruby 3.2 from MacPorts |
: HB32: use Ruby 3.2 from Homebrew |
[-p|--python ] : case-insensitive type=['nil', 'Sys', 'MP38', 'HB38', 'Ana3', | sys
: 'MP39', HB39', 'HBAuto'] |
: nil: don't bind Python |
: Sys: use OS-bundled Python 2.7 up to Catalina |
: MP38: use Python 3.8 from MacPorts |
: HB38: use Python 3.8 from Homebrew |
: Ana3: use Python 3.9 from Anaconda3 |
: MP39: use Python 3.9 from MacPorts |
: HB39: use Python 3.9 from Homebrew |
: HBAuto: use the latest Python 3.x auto-detected from Homebrew |
[-P|--buildPymod] : build and deploy Pymod (*.whl and *.egg) for LW-*.dmg | disabled
[-n|--noqtbinding] : don't create Qt bindings for ruby scripts | disabled
[-u|--noqtuitools] : don't include uitools in Qt binding | disabled
[-m|--make