FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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chrisb wrote: Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:59 am
tomtom215 wrote: Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:41 am where do I get the 0.20?
You get 0.20 from https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-AppI ... kly-builds .
I don´t get why it was perfectly working an all of a sudden it shits the bed
macOS security updates?
Jep, there was an update!
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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Hey Guys,

Running Big Sur 11.7.9 on a MacBook Pro 2017, 2.9 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i7.

I tried installing it using the dmg package, and when that didn't launch, tried installing using HomeBrew per the FreeCAD Wiki. Both resulted in the same outcome in terminal:

dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libCoin.80.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libFreeCADGui.dylib
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libCoin.80.dylib: code signing blocked mmap() of '/Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libCoin.80.dylib'
/Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/bin/../lib/libCoin.80.dylib: code signing blocked mmap() of '/Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/bin/../lib/libCoin.80.dylib'
/Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/bin/../lib/libCoin.80.dylib: stat() failed with errno=1
/Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/MacOS/FreeCAD: line 19: 2590 Abort trap: 6 "${PREFIX}/bin/freecad" $@
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

Just a bit of background: I'm a designer with zero developer knowledge. Installing HomeBrew is the most I have done in terminal. So I appreciate your understanding in my limited capabilities. I have used FreeCAD on another device and am hoping to continue using it.

Thanks in advance!
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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Capybaron wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 6:54 am I tried installing it using the dmg package,
What dmg exactly did you try? 0.19 is utterly outdated.
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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Thanks for replying, Chris.

I used the latest dmg from the website: FreeCAD-0.21.0-mac-intel_x86.dmg
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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I have a macBookPro also with an Intel I7. It's from 2019 and I used to run it without any problems on BigSur. I would rather try to find the cause why the official distribution doesn't run than fixing HomeBrew in the first place. Later you can of course compile yourself and become a famous FreeCAD developer.
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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Yeah, I get what you're saying.

How would I go about finding out why the official distribution is not working on my macbook? When I click the execution file within the official distribution package contents, the error message is the same as what I see below:

dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libCoin.80.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libFreeCADGui.dylib
Reason: no suitable image found

Seems like this libCoin.80.dylib might be the issue, but I have no idea what to do with this information.

Thank you
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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Start FreeCAD with the additional command line parameter --write-log and find the logfile in ~/Library/Application\ Support/FreeCAD/. Post the contents here (in code tags).
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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I'm in the Applications directory within Terminal, and I'm typing

open FreeCAD.app --write-log

And different variations of that. It just says, open: unrecognized option `--write'

Sorry I tried looking up --write-log on various platforms and can't seem to figure this out. Do you mind giving me the exact command line text to type in? Thank you.
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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Capybaron wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:39 am open FreeCAD.app --write-log
Don't use "open" use something like

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/path/to/FreeCAD.app/Contents/MacOS/FreeCAD --write-log
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Re: FreeCAD 0.19: macOS Big Sur

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I did the steps you outlined, and while the install went as usual, I couldn't find FreeCAD folder within Library/Application Support. Adobe, Apple and a bunch of other folders were in there, just not FreeCAD. So maybe I was in the wrong place?

For what it's worth, I upgraded my OS to Ventura, and now the app is launching successfully.

Thanks for your efforts in trying to help me.
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