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List:       kstars-devel
Subject:    KStars issues on OSX
From:       Marco Gulino <marco.gulino () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-05-12 8:12:35
Message-ID: CAGe7n9UCVHar=nAq30XJYR879nVdRUza3ZRepsiazUYKLREEaA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hello, I've been trying kstars on OSX, and I've encountered a few issues
about path detection.

On application startup, kstars complains about INDI directory:

Unable to find INDI Drivers directory: /usr/local/share/indi
> Please make sure to set the correct path in KStars configuration


I get a similar message when Ekos starts, complaining about astrometry.cfg.

On OSX, path detection should always depend on the current bundle absolute
path.
I just had a similar problem myself, if you don't want to modify the app
itself to detect its prefix you should use a bash launcher script, and use
this script in info.plist instead of the kstars binary.
The script should then pass to the kstars binary the application prefix
(using a command line option, or an environment variable, for instance).


You can find some examples in my application github repo, in the files
directory: https://github.com/GuLinux/PlanetaryImager/tree/v0.7/files

In this case, Info.plist points to planetary_imager_osx_launcher.sh, which
firstly detects the bundle absolute path, and then launches
planetary_imager with the "--drivers" option to properly find them in the
bundle path.

Cheers,
Marco

---------------------------------------------------------
Marco Gulino - Senior Software Developer and Open Source advocate
website/blog: https://blog.gulinux.net
SkyPlanner - planning software for stargazing: http://skyplanner.gulinux.net

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<div dir="ltr">Hello, I&#39;ve been trying kstars on OSX, and I&#39;ve encountered a \
few issues about path detection.<div><br></div><div>On application startup, kstars \
complains about INDI directory:</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Unable to find INDI Drivers directory: \
/usr/local/share/indi<br>Please make sure to set the correct path in KStars \
configuration</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I get a similar message when Ekos \
starts, complaining about astrometry.cfg.</div><div><br></div><div>On OSX, path \
detection should always depend on the current bundle absolute path.</div><div>I just \
had a similar problem myself, if you don&#39;t want to modify the app itself to \
detect its prefix you should use a bash launcher script, and use this script in \
info.plist instead of the kstars binary.</div><div>The script should then pass to the \
kstars binary the application prefix (using a command line option, or an environment \
variable, for instance).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You can find some \
examples in my application github repo, in the files directory: <a \
href="https://github.com/GuLinux/PlanetaryImager/tree/v0.7/files">https://github.com/GuLinux/PlanetaryImager/tree/v0.7/files</a> \
</div><div><br></div><div>In this case, Info.plist points to \
planetary_imager_osx_launcher.sh, which firstly detects the bundle absolute path, and \
then launches planetary_imager with the &quot;--drivers&quot; option to properly find \
them in the bundle path.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Marco</div><div><br></div><div><div><div \
class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div \
dir="ltr">---------------------------------------------------------  </div><div \
dir="ltr">Marco Gulino - Senior Software Developer and Open Source \
advocate<div>website/blog: <a href="https://blog.gulinux.net" \
target="_blank">https://blog.gulinux.net</a></div><div>SkyPlanner - planning software \
for stargazing: <a href="http://skyplanner.gulinux.net" \
target="_blank">http://skyplanner.gulinux.net</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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