Picard Qt/Mac Install Guide

This page is outdated, some of the steps are not required anymore, some are changed.

Notes

• CAUTION: Proceed at your own risk. This isn't official yet and is not supported. This document is provided purely for informational purposes and should not be used if you don't know what you're doing.

Installation Steps

Python

• download and open python-2.5.1c1-macosx.dmg [17.9 MB]
• run MacPython.mpkg and install Python

Qt4

• download and extract qt-mac-opensource-src-4.2.3.tar.gz [33.4 MB]

./configure 
make
sudo make install

PyQt4

• download and extract sip-4.6.tar.gz [400 kB]

sudo python configure.py 
make
sudo make install

• download and extract PyQt-mac-gpl-4.2.tar.gz [5.4 MB]

sudo python configure.py -q /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.2.3/bin/qmake 
sudo make
sudo make install

Mutagen

• download and extract mutagen-1.9.tar.gz [484 kB]

python setup.py build 
sudo python setup.py install

LibDiscID

• download and extract libdiscid-0.1.1.tar.gz [325 kB]

./configure 
make
sudo make install

Expat2

• download and extract expat-2.0.0.tar.gz [450 kB]

./configure --prefix=/usr 
vi Makefile

• change LIBRARY = libexpat.la to LIBRARY = libexpatw.la, save and quit (Esc, w, q, Enter)

make buildlib 
sudo make installlib

LibOfa

• download and extract libofa-0.9.3.tar.gz (direct link) [376 kB]
• download and extract libtool-1.5.22.tar.gz [2.8 MB]
• copy ltmain.sh from the libtool dir to the libofa dir (overwrite)
• (if you tried configuring libofa without copying the libtool's ltmain.sh file, run make clean]

./configure --prefix=/usr 
make
sudo make install

Ffmpeg

• dammit, it looks like we need Fink... :(

sudo fink install ffmpeg / or follow http://stephenjungels.com/jungels.net/articles/ffmpeg-howto.html

PicardQt

• download and extract picard-0.9.0alpha6.tar.gz [371 kB]

python setup.py config 
python setup.py install

And from now just type picard to run the app!

Contributions

• HUGE thanks to luks and warp in #musicbrainz for their help throughout this process.