OS X support?

[eveliotc]

Trying to build it on OS X (C++ ignorant), not sure how to get around curses headers not being found, help pls

[roryokane]

I can’t build PacVim on OS X 10.9 either. Here are more details to help with debugging.

The full output of make:

$ make
g++ -w src/game.cpp -pthread -std=c++11 -lncurses src/globals.cpp src/helperFns.cpp src/avatar.cpp src/ghost1.cpp -o pacvim
In file included from src/game.cpp:10:
src/globals.h:6:10: fatal error: 'cursesw.h' file not found
#include <cursesw.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
In file included from src/globals.cpp:1:
src/globals.h:6:10: fatal error: 'cursesw.h' file not found
#include <cursesw.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
In file included from src/helperFns.cpp:1:
src/globals.h:6:10: fatal error: 'cursesw.h' file not found
#include <cursesw.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
In file included from src/avatar.cpp:1:
In file included from src/avatar.h:8:
In file included from src/helperFns.h:4:
src/globals.h:6:10: fatal error: 'cursesw.h' file not found
#include <cursesw.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
In file included from src/ghost1.cpp:1:
In file included from src/ghost1.h:4:
In file included from src/avatar.h:8:
In file included from src/helperFns.h:4:
src/globals.h:6:10: fatal error: 'cursesw.h' file not found
#include <cursesw.h>
         ^
1 error generated.
make: *** [all] Error 1

I asked the Homebrew package manager whether curses was already installed. It said ncurses is built-in to OS X:

$ brew info ncurses
ncurses: stable 5.9
http://www.gnu.org/s/ncurses/

This formula is keg-only.
Mac OS X already provides this software and installing another version in
parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.

Not installed
From: https://github.com/homebrew/homebrew-dupes/blob/master/ncurses.rb
==> Options
--universal
    Build a universal binary

I tried installing it anyway with brew install ncurses, which uses this Homebrew formula. But make gave the same errors afterward.

[woodjuice]

I got the same problem as above, and my operation system is OS X 10.10

When I tried brew install ncurses, it returned:

$ brew install ncurses
Error: No available formula for ncurses
Searching formulae...
Searching taps...
homebrew/dupes/ncurses

[jmoon018]

The main repo has been updated, and I tested it on OS X 10.10.1 (it worked)

Update your repo and checkout the README again -- it will have the new installation instructions. It should fix the dependency issue and more. Checkout #9 for more info.

If this does not work still, let me know: @woodjuice @roryokane @eveliotc

[manonthemat]

I got the same output @woodjuice. I then ran

brew install homebrew/dupes/ncurses

which installed and configured ncurses-5.9 for me. You still have to link it for the compiler. That's what

brew link ncurses --force

is for.

Then a

make

in the git repository should do the trick.

[bfontaine]

The repo should build fine on OS X now, using OS X’ preinstalled curses library.

[eveliotc]

All good here @jmoon018 thanks!

[woodjuice]

Everything is ok now. Thx！ @jmoon018

[jmoon018]

Glad it works. Thanks for confirming @woodjuice