Posted by txgraeme on Apr 24, 2019; 3:14pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Help-wanted-to-build-on-MacOS-tp5717273p5717297.html

So far I've been able to progress until the 'qmake' instructions, at which point I got a command not found.  
EDIT: It turns out a qt4-mac dependency isn't installing correctly, 'dbus', so I've got to figure that out first then will try again.  
EDIT2:  Have now been able to go through the original install list one-by-one (sudo port install gcc48 qt4-creator-mac qt4-mac boost freetype) and have only found that one 'dbus' error so far.  qt4-mac@4.8.7_8 installed okay, but qt4-creator-mac@2.8.1_2 is the current problem.
EDIT3:  Was able to follow advice on installing older ports (https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort) to install earlier version of dbus more agreeable to my system  (@1.10.24).  
EDIT4:  I assumed that I could alter the portfile to reference the older version of 'dbus' when installing Qt, but it sounds like MacPorts prevents that action.  Now looking for a different method to do it.  In the meantime I'm following the wiki about installing older port to install an older version of LibreCAD@2.0.8, but still hoping to get the newest version to build eventually.
-I'm not able to progress any farther, so putting aside for the moment. If anyone has tips to suggest it would be great.  Thanks!