Notes on freezing with Mac OS X

This page collects some notes after a successful freezing of HDF Compass on a Mac OS X running Yosemite. The notes assume a ideally clean machine, and they guide you to create a setup that is mainly based on brew.

Prerequisites

• install xcode from app store, then execute from terminal: sudo xcodebuild -license
• run updates on app Store, and after the download restart the machine
• install brew: /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
• make visible the hidden files (optional):
  • defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
  • killall Finder
• create a ~/.profile file with this content: export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
• install appdmg, brew install node then npm install -g appdmg
• optionally, brew install pkg-config
• close and reopen the terminal
• test if the current brew installation has issues: brew doctor

Python installation

• brew install python
• pip install --upgrade pip setuptools matplotlib

HDF Compass installation

• clone the HDF Compass repository (e.g., with SourceTree)