Installation/MacOSX

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The task of building Paparazzi on for Apple MacOS X is on going.

The current installation instructions are as follows. As the process evolves and the more people begin to use it the process will become easier and more simplified.

Installation

  1. Latest XCode http://developer.apple.com
  2. MacPorts http://www.macports.org/install.php
  3. sudo port install git-core xml-light caml-ocamlnet libftdi lablgtk2 gmp mpfr libmpc # Go get a coffee… have a sleep. this takes quite long time
  4. sudo port upgrade --enforce-variants libftdi +universal
  5. login to github and fork paparazzi/paparazzi and paparazzi/paparazzi-portability-support
  6. git clone -o <username> git@github.com:<your github username>/paparazzi.git <-- See the Paparazzi GIT page
  7. git clone -o <username> git@github.com:<your github username>/paparazzi-portability-support.git <-- See the Paparazzi GIT page
  8. edit /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf and above the rsync://... line add file://<local path>/paparazzi-portability-support/darwin/macports/ports/ [nosync]
  9. sudo port install ivy-ocaml
  10. git clone git://github.com/esden/summon-arm-toolchain.git summon-arm-toolchain-git
  11. cd summon-arm-toolchain-git
  12. edit summon-arm-toolchain and update PREFIX=<your preferred install location>, USE_LINARO=1 and LIBSTM32_EN=1
  13. ./summon-arm-toolchain # Go have another coffee or lunch
  14. edit /etc/profile and add the install bin path to the PATH and MANPATH (PATH=$PATH:<any other stuff>:<PREFIX>/bin and MANPATH=$MANPATH:<any other stuff>:<PREFIX>/share/man
  15. cd <GIT>/paparazzi
  16. make clean
  17. make
  18. edit /etc/profile and add export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include" (TODO: Remove the need for this)

Configuration

edit <GIT>/conf/control_panel.xml and set the ivy_bus variable to be <your IP Network>:2010

Running Paparazzi

The Paparazzi GCS can be started by running the command

./paparazzi.osx &

Changing the gtk look and feel

  1. sudo port install gtk-theme-switch gnome-themes
  2. Run /opt/local/bin/switch2 to select a different theme

More detailed instructions can be found at http://gtk.php.net/manual/en/html/tutorials/tutorials.installation.macosx-stepbystep.html

Additional themes can be downloaded from http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2