Posted by ACL on May 21, 2020; 2:15pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Build-Instructions-for-Windows-macOS-tp5717305p5718935.html

librecad.org home page links to the Wiki for building so that's where I was. The split locations for help files are a mess and having the instructions on a totally different website that isn't integrated with the main site is a less than ideal user experience.

Starting with the first line "Starting from version 2.0.2, LibreCAD is included MacPorts" it's confusing. I know it's written by a non-native English speaker and we can improve on that. Is included in? Includes? I installed MacPorts and then didn't really know what to do. Update package? What package? No one told me where to put it in the first place. And this step is optional? OK. I did it anyway and was asked for a password. After that I got "sudo: port: command not found."  I didn't pursue this any farther.

Everything else uses the same approach but just reading it over, "Install QT and a new gcc," OK, what are they? Sounds like I already have one? Does it matter where I am in Terminal when I run these commands?

This is the level of ignorance the instructions have to deal with.