THIS REPO IS ARCHIVED

“The code and processes described in this repository have been superseded by the OSGEO4MAC project.

Detailed instructions for setting up a development environment on your macOS machine are now provided in the QGIS Install Documentation (which is currently in need of updating).

Please contribute your macOS build process improvements there.”

Homebrew-qgisdev

Formulae for macOS Homebrew package manager to aid in building the development branch of QGIS.

How do I install these formulae?

brew install qgis/qgisdev/<formula>

Or brew tap qgis/qgisdev and then brew install <formula>.

Or install via URL (which will not receive updates):

brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qgis/homebrew-qgisdev/master/Formula/<formula>.rb

There may be formulae in this tap that conflict with (meant to override) formulae of the same name available in other or core Homebrew/Homebrew-* taps. You can prioritize the formulae in this tap over all others with:

brew tap-pin qgis/qgisdev

Homebrew documentation

brew help, man brew or check Homebrew's documentation.

Formulae naming convention

Formulae have specific suffix naming:

• *-dev formulae are meant for developers/testers doing local builds
• *-travis formulae are meant for QGIS project automated Travis CI testing
• no suffix dependency formulae, for QGIS dev builds, not found in other taps

Developing QGIS using Homebrew dependencies

See: tutorial in development/README.md