Help wanted to build on MacOS

Sorry, my bad, I should have mentioned the build-osx.sh script earlier.

Many thanks for the new package, it is online on GitHub. When we get positive feedback, I'll put it back on sourceforge again.

I had to change 'qt5' in this command to '/usr/local/Cellar/qt@5/5.15.12/bin/qmake', and I managed to build LibreCAD from source on macOS Sonoma.
Thank you!

If there's any update needed for the script, please let us know.

Peter Hagen wrote

I figured out that I should have used the build-osx script (maybe the documentation on https://librecad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/appx/build.html could be updated with this). So, did a new build and now I have a DMG in the directory.

I am trying to build using the instructions for MacOS found on https://docs.librecad.org/en/latest/appx/build.html#build.
My macOS is Tahoe 26.3.1 (25D2128) running on an Apple M4 chip. I did a fresh install of Homebrew as described. I had to use Homebrew to install pkg-config ("brew install pkg-config") to get the "qmake librecad.pro -r -spec macx-clang" command to run without a freetype2 error.
The "make -j4" command will not run without errors. I get:

src/lc_svgiconengine.cpp:225:11: error: call to deleted constructor of 'QFile'
  225 |     QFile plainSVGFile = QFile(plainSVGFileName);
      |           ^              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/qt@5/5.15.18/lib/QtCore.framework/Headers/qfile.h:163:20: note: 'QFile' has
      been explicitly marked deleted here
  163 |     Q_DISABLE_COPY(QFile)
      |                    ^
src/lc_svgiconengine.cpp:319:19: error: call to deleted constructor of 'QFile'
  319 |             QFile plainSVGFile = QFile(fileName);
      |                   ^              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/qt@5/5.15.18/lib/QtCore.framework/Headers/qfile.h:163:20: note: 'QFile' has
      been explicitly marked deleted here
  163 |     Q_DISABLE_COPY(QFile)
      |                    ^
2 errors generated.

Any recommendations on how to proceed?

Thanks.

Steve

It reminds me. We should update librecad for:
macport
homebrew

For building scripts, I suppose AI is now powerful enough.

Just ask AI to generate a building script for your system for github LibreCAD the branch 2.2.1 (or branch master).

I asked AI:

generate a building script for macOS arm64 DMG for github librecad for the branch 2.2.1

and this is the script I received:

#!/bin/bash

# 1. Environment Setup
# LibreCAD 2.2.1 requires Qt 5. Do not use Qt 6.
echo "Installing dependencies..."
brew install qt@5 boost

QT_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/qt@5/bin"
export PATH="$QT_PATH:$PATH"

# 2. Clone and Checkout Branch 2.2.1
echo "Cloning LibreCAD branch 2.2.1..."
git clone --branch 2.2.1 https://github.com
cd LibreCAD

# 3. Configure and Compile
echo "Running qmake for arm64..."
qmake librecad.pro -r -spec macx-clang-arm64 CONFIG+=sdk_no_version_check

echo "Starting build (using 10 cores)..."
make -j10

# 4. Packaging the DMG
# Locate the built .app bundle (typically in librecad/src/)
APP_BUNDLE="librecad/src/LibreCAD.app"

if [ -d "$APP_BUNDLE" ]; then
    echo "Bundling dependencies and creating DMG..."
    
    # macdeployqt bundles libraries and creates the DMG
    # -dmg creates the disk image; -always-overwrite ensures it replaces old ones
    macdeployqt "$APP_BUNDLE" -dmg -always-overwrite
    
    # 5. Apple Silicon Security Fix
    # Unsigned DMGs often show as 'damaged'. Self-signing fixes this locally.
    echo "Applying security workarounds for arm64..."
    xattr -rc "$APP_BUNDLE"
    sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - "$APP_BUNDLE"
    
    echo "Success! Your DMG is located at: librecad/src/LibreCAD.dmg"
else
    echo "Build failed. App bundle not found."
    exit 1
fi

Peter Hagen wrote

I figured out that I should have used the build-osx script (maybe the documentation on https://librecad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/appx/build.html could be updated with this). So, did a new build and now I have a DMG in the directory.