Compiled Blender install not working on MacOS

[SchwartzNU]

When opening the application, I get the following error message: “blender” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

Blender itself works from its own download page, but it is not clear how to add the add-on from this repository. Is blender looking for me to point to a .py file that has all the code for the add-on?

[marwan-abdellah]

This issue has been reported in (https://github.com/BlueBrain/NeuroMorphoVis/issues/32). But you can launch blender from the command line as follows:

• Go to the NeuroMorphoVis directory, for example cd ~/Downloads/neuromorphovis-blender-2.79-macOS-10.6
• Then, launch blender from to the following directory ./blender.app/Contents/MacOS/blender

Just let me know how it goes with you.

Best

[SchwartzNU]

Thanks for the tip. Blender did open form the command line, but then the add-on still failed to load. Here is the error.

FSMC02R615AG8WM:neuromorphovis-blender-2.79-macOS-10.6 gregoryschwartz$ ./blender.app/Contents/MacOS/blender Read prefs: /Users/gregoryschwartz/Library/Application Support/Blender/2.79/config/userpref.blend found bundled python: /Users/gregoryschwartz/neuromorphovis-blender-2.79-macOS-10.6/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.79/python fake_module: addon missing 'bl_info' gives bad performance!: '/Users/gregoryschwartz/Library/Application Support/Blender/2.79/scripts/addons/neuromorphovis.py' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/gregoryschwartz/neuromorphovis-blender-2.79-macOS-10.6/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.79/scripts/modules/addon_utils.py", line 331, in enable mod = import(module_name) File "/Users/gregoryschwartz/neuromorphovis-blender-2.79-macOS-10.6/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.79/scripts/addons/NeuroMorphoVis/init.py", line 87, in import neuromorphovis.interface.ui.io_panel File "/Users/gregoryschwartz/Library/Application Support/Blender/2.79/scripts/addons/neuromorphovis.py", line 36, in import arguments_parser ImportError: No module named 'arguments_parser'

-Greg

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On Nov 4, 2018, at 2:24 AM, Marwan Abdellah notifications@github.com wrote:

This issue has been reported in (#32 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_BlueBrain_NeuroMorphoVis_issues_32&d=DwMFaQ&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=LLN6ByP-sN6tPCs5cGveLvv6vJCMFnjU_iVxKFAe0lY&m=xaERM0Ts3MVVPyTQRU-3nrJomEql0LCngVcC4vSYzbU&s=2X0hNTcSfm0O1UXm80a6rlmH-VCg3DCbl2fEB_be9oA&e=). But you can launch blender from the command line as follows:

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[marwan-abdellah]

This issue happens due to the difference in versions. I think you have a version that is already installed on your local machine in Applications folder. This version loads preferences from this file /Users/gregoryschwartz/Library/Application Support/Blender/2.79/config/userpref.blend which does not have NeuroMorphoVis for the same version of Blender.

I have dowloaded the .zip file and extracted it and tested it on multiple machines. So I think if you delete this file /Users/gregoryschwartz/Library/Application Support/Blender/2.79/config/userpref.blend or just moved it to a temporary file, then you would be able to load the plugin. In any case, if you prefer, we can have a Skype call to see how can we resolve this issue together.

[marwan-abdellah]

Deleting the userpref file /Users/gregoryschwartz/Library/Application Support/Blender/2.79/config/userpref.blend did the trick.

[wvangeit]

So the 'solution' is still to open from commandline ? Is this mentioned in the doc/readme somewhere ?

[orena1]

This fix does not work for me: macOS Catalina version 10.15.1

Thanks