New build of GRASS 8.5 for Mac

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It seems like the last build of GRASS 8.5 for Mac was in 2025-05-08. Would a new build be possible? Thanks, Brendan

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Hi Brendan,

Due to complications Apple imposes for signing software, Nicklas Larsson has been building binaries for me to post. I’m copying him here @nila to see about getting a new build.

Michael

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Brendan, as soon as Michael can upload the newly built apps, they will be available at the usual place.

(Now it is fairly easy to build the 8.5.0dev (from main) for yourself, given you have Xcode and/or CommandLineTools installed, just run ./macos/build_grass_app.bash from the repo.)

Nicklas

On 12 Oct 2025, at 01:28, Michael Barton via OSGeo Discourse noreply@discourse.osgeo.org wrote:

cmbarton
October 11

Hi Brendan,

Due to complications Apple imposes for signing software, Nicklas Larsson has been building binaries for me to post. I’m copying him here @nila to see about getting a new build.

Michael

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Thanks Michael. Thanks Nicklas.
I’ll also try building it. That will be helpful in the future.
Best, Brendan

On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM Nicklas Larsson via OSGeo Discourse <noreply@discourse.osgeo.org> wrote:

nila
October 12

Brendan, as soon as Michael can upload the newly built apps, they will be available at the usual place.

(Now it is fairly easy to build the 8.5.0dev (from main) for yourself, given you have Xcode and/or CommandLineTools installed, just run ./macos/build_grass_app.bash from the repo.)

Nicklas

On 12 Oct 2025, at 01:28, Michael Barton via OSGeo Discourse noreply@discourse.osgeo.org wrote:

cmbarton
October 11

Hi Brendan,

Due to complications Apple imposes for signing software, Nicklas Larsson has been building binaries for me to post. I’m copying him here @nila to see about getting a new build.

Michael

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Would it be reasonable to request another build of GRASS 8.5 Mac again soon?

I tried compiling it, but got an error about not being able to locate OpenGL. Any advice?
I’m on an Apple M1 Pro with MacOS Sequoia 15.6.1 with XCode Command Line Tools installed.

configure: error: *** Unable to locate OpenGL library.
include/Make/Vars.make:1: include/Make/Platform.make: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `include/Make/Platform.make’. Stop.

Thanks, Brendan

On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM Brendan <brendan.harmon@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Michael. Thanks Nicklas.
I’ll also try building it. That will be helpful in the future.
Best, Brendan

On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM Nicklas Larsson via OSGeo Discourse <noreply@discourse.osgeo.org> wrote:

nila
October 12

Brendan, as soon as Michael can upload the newly built apps, they will be available at the usual place.

(Now it is fairly easy to build the 8.5.0dev (from main) for yourself, given you have Xcode and/or CommandLineTools installed, just run ./macos/build_grass_app.bash from the repo.)

Nicklas

On 12 Oct 2025, at 01:28, Michael Barton via OSGeo Discourse noreply@discourse.osgeo.org wrote:

cmbarton
October 11

Hi Brendan,

Due to complications Apple imposes for signing software, Nicklas Larsson has been building binaries for me to post. I’m copying him here @nila to see about getting a new build.

Michael

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Brendan,

On 5 Nov 2025, at 12:10, Brendan Harmon via OSGeo Discourse noreply@discourse.osgeo.org wrote:

baharmon
November 5

Would it be reasonable to request another build of GRASS 8.5 Mac again soon?

As soon as I find the time, I’ll prepare one.

I tried compiling it, but got an error about not being able to locate OpenGL. Any advice?
I’m on an Apple M1 Pro with MacOS Sequoia 15.6.1 with XCode Command Line Tools installed.

configure: error: *** Unable to locate OpenGL library.
include/Make/Vars.make:1: include/Make/Platform.make: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `include/Make/Platform.make’. Stop.

Please file an issue, where you can append (as *.txt file) the “config.log”.
I expected to see OpenGL issues with macOS 26 [1], but not 15 (which runs fine on CI).

Nicklas

[1] https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/6560

Thanks, Brendan

On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM Brendan <brendan.harmon@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Michael. Thanks Nicklas.
I’ll also try building it. That will be helpful in the future.
Best, Brendan

On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM Nicklas Larsson via OSGeo Discourse <noreply@discourse.osgeo.org> wrote:

nila
October 12

Brendan, as soon as Michael can upload the newly built apps, they will be available at the usual place.

(Now it is fairly easy to build the 8.5.0dev (from main) for yourself, given you have Xcode and/or CommandLineTools installed, just run ./macos/build_grass_app.bash from the repo.)

Nicklas

On 12 Oct 2025, at 01:28, Michael Barton via OSGeo Discourse noreply@discourse.osgeo.orgwrote:

cmbarton
October 11

Hi Brendan,

Due to complications Apple imposes for signing software, Nicklas Larsson has been building binaries for me to post. I’m copying him here @nila to see about getting a new build.

Michael

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I expected to see OpenGL issues with macOS 26 [1], but not 15 (which runs fine on CI).

Brendan, I just tested on a fresh install of a 15.7.2 VM. The build worked just fine.

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Let me know if you want me to try building locally too. I have OS 26 installed.

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Thanks, just took a deep breath and updated from 14 to 26!

Building on 15 with 26’s SDK could cause the same issue. The following fix should solve the issue:

Nicklas

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Thanks, the fix solved the issue for me. Just compiled successfully.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM Nicklas Larsson via OSGeo Discourse <noreply@discourse.osgeo.org> wrote:

nila
November 5

Thanks, just took a deep breath and updated from 14 to 26!

Building on 15 with 26’s SDK could cause the same issue. The following fix should solve the issue:

github.com/OSGeo/grass

configure: fix detection of AGL framework for macOSmain ← nilason:fix_config_agl_fmwk

opened 08:49PM - 05 Nov 25 UTC
nilason
+32 -3

The AGL framework is no longer available on macOS 26. This is for main, forwa…

Nicklas

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