build-macOS-Sierra-Qt.txt

Build ionx-Qt on macOS 10.12+ Sierra

confirmed to work with
miniupnpc 2.0
boost 1.64.0_1
qt 5.8.0_2
openssl 1.0.2k
berkeley-db4 4.8.30
gmp 6.1.2

Install Xcode https://developer.apple.com/download
Install the associated Command Line Tools to your Xcode version https://developer.apple.com/download/more

Launch Terminal
Install brew from http://brew.sh

Brew some recipies!
brew install autoconf automake berkeley-db4 gmp libpng libtool miniupnpc openssl qrencode qt5
brew install boost --c++11 --without-single --without-static

Manually link your openssl dependency paths to the brew cellar (recommend /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib and /usr/local/opt/openssl/include):
mkdir /usr/local/opt/openssl
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2k/lib /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2k/include /usr/local/opt/openssl/include

NOTE: replace the openssl version path (1.0.2k at time of writing) with the version that brew installed

NOTE: Might need to force brew to link berkeley-db4:
brew link --force berkeley-db4

DOWNLOAD ION SOURCE

git clone https://github.com/Ion-Network/Ion-Core ion
cd ion/src/secp256k1
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install


Modify these lines in ion.pro to match as follows, or according to your preferences/environment:

isEmpty(BOOST_LIB_PATH) {
    macx:BOOST_LIB_PATH = /usr/local/opt/boost/lib
}

isEmpty(BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH) {
    macx:BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH = /usr/local/opt/boost/include
}

isEmpty(BDB_LIB_PATH) {
    macx:BDB_LIB_PATH = /usr/local/opt/berkeley-db4/lib
}

isEmpty(BDB_INCLUDE_PATH) {
    macx:BDB_INCLUDE_PATH = /usr/local/opt/berkeley-db4/include
}

isEmpty(MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH) {
    macx:MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/locale/opt/miniupnpc/include
}

isEmpty(MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH) {
    macx:MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=/usr/local/opt/miniupnpc/lib/
}

isEmpty(OPENSSL_LIB_PATH) {
    macx:OPENSSL_LIB_PATH = /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/
}

isEmpty(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH) {
    macx:OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH = /usr/local/opt/openssl/include
}


If making the daemon, modify these lines in src/makefile.osx as follows, or according to your preferences/environment:

INCLUDEPATHS= \
 -I"$(CURDIR)" \
 -I"$(CURDIR)"/obj \
 -I"$(DEPSDIR)/include" \
 -I"$(DEPSDIR)/opt/boost/include" \
 -I"$(DEPSDIR)/opt/berkeley-db4/include" \
 -I"$(DEPSDIR)/opt/openssl/include"

LIBPATHS= \
 -L"$(DEPSDIR)/lib" \
 -I"$(DEPSDIR)/opt/boost/lib” \
 -L"$(DEPSDIR)/opt/berkeley-db4/lib" \
 -L"$(DEPSDIR)/opt/openssl/lib"

ifdef STATIC
# Build STATIC if you are redistributing the xiond binary
LIBS += \
 $(DEPSDIR)/opt/berkeley-db4/lib/libdb_cxx-4.8.a \
 $(DEPSDIR)/lib/libboost_system.a \
 $(DEPSDIR)/lib/libboost_filesystem.a \
 $(DEPSDIR)/lib/libboost_program_options.a \
 $(DEPSDIR)/lib/libboost_thread-mt.a \
 $(DEPSDIR)/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.a \
 $(DEPSDIR)/opt/openssl/lib/libcrypto.a \


OPTIONAL: Add Qt paths to user’s environment.
nano ~/.bash_profile
Add this line:
export PATH=/usr/local/opt/Qt/bin:$PATH
control+x to save and exit
OR
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/qt5/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

OPTIONAL: add show and hide hidden files shortcuts.
nano ~/.bash_profile
Add these lines:
alias showFiles='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app'
alias hideFiles='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app'
control+x to save and exit

OR
echo ‘alias showFiles='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app' >> ~/.bash_profile
alias hideFiles='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO; killall Finder /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app' >> ~/.bash_profile


RELOAD .bash_profile
 . ~/.bash_profile


GET BACK TO REPO ROOT DIR
cd ../..

BUILD IT
qmake -config release -config c++11 ion.pro
make


PACKAGE IT
###OPTIONAL - THIS MAY NOT WORK WITH QT5.7###
###UNTESTED WITH QT5.8###
macdeployqt ion-Qt.app -dmg

###THIS WORKS BETTER. IT IS A FANCY PACKAGING SCRIPT THAT ALLOWS TO CUSTOMIZE THE DMG’S APPEARANCE - FROM DARKSILK###
chmod +x contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus ionx-Qt.app -add-qt-tr da,de,es,hu,ru,uk,zh_CN,zh_TW -dmg -fancy contrib/macdeploy/fancy.plist -verbose 2



RUN IT
/Applications/ionx-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/ionx-Qt

OPTIONAL: Create a custom data directory to store the wallet data, where 'XXX' is a unique name (testnet, for example):
mkdir ~/Library/Application\ Support/ion_test
ionx-Qt.app/Contents/MacOS/ionx-Qt -testnet -datadir=/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Application\ Support/ion_test &

NOTE: launch with -? to display the list of runtime arguments - there are many useful ones!