Update macOS build instructions

[dakira]

Hey,

I tried the build instructions in the wiki but it seems Zeal moved to using cmake instead of qmake/make since those instructions were written.

Do you have any updated hints on building Zeal on a Mac?

[trollixx]

I don't use macOS, so somebody else needs to update the wiki. Generally the process should be pretty similar to building on Linux.

[dakira]

@trollixx thanks, I'll try to figure it out. Which version of Qt5 would you recommend?

[trollixx]

Always aim for the latest version, current you need at least 5.6.

[dakira]

Looks like the problem is the dependency on qtwebkit instead of qtwebengine because the former is not shipped anymore with all Qt versions since 5.6. So it's not that easy to get the dependencies together.

[markwu]

I have a homebrew formula if you want to try it.

https://github.com/markwu/homebrew-personal/blob/master/Formula/zeal.rb

Please keep cmake in version 3.12.x and qt in version 5.5 (Already removed from homebrew-core), it will build zeal successfully.

But, It will failed to build zeal in newest cmake version 3.13.x and qt 5.11.1.

[markwu]

it is error messages came from cmake 3.13.0 and qt 5.11.1.

Last 15 lines from /Users/markwu/Library/Logs/Homebrew/zeal/01.cmake:
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/mac/super/clang++
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/mac/super/clang++ -- works
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Found LibArchive: /usr/local/opt/libarchive/lib/libarchive.dylib (found version "3.3.3")
-- Found SQLite: /usr/lib/libsqlite3.dylib (found version "3.24.0")
-- Configuring done
CMake Error: AutoUic (Registry): The uic executable "" does not exist

[trollixx]

Seems like you don't have uic installed. It should be part of the Qt installation.

[markwu]

The uic executable is there, I fixed that problem after downgrade cmake to 3.12.x. I guess it is the bug of cmake 3.13.0.

But new error messages comes, I still trying to figure it out:

==> Downloading https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal/archive/v0.6.1.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Users/markwu/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/317934405fce17c9a1ce09ff56d59254224b67e098b2d531d0fe801f88d34796--zeal-0.6.1.tar.gz
==> Patching
patching file src/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt
==> cmake ..
Last 15 lines from /Users/markwu/Library/Logs/Homebrew/zeal/01.cmake:
  any of the following names:

    Qt5WebKitConfig.cmake
    qt5webkit-config.cmake

  Add the installation prefix of "Qt5WebKit" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
  "Qt5WebKit_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files.  If
  "Qt5WebKit" provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has
  been installed.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  src/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt:13 (find_package)