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PX4-Autopilot/Tools/setup/macos.sh
Ramon Roche 9c2e634325 build(macos): make gz SITL work out-of-box after homebrew 4.5
The px4-sim / px4-sim-gazebo Homebrew meta-formulae can no longer
pull their Gazebo dependency chain because Homebrew 4.5+ stopped
auto-resolving cross-tap deps. PX4/homebrew-px4#104 already
deprecated px4-dev into a no-op; #111 does the same for the sim
formulae. This PR is the PX4-side counterpart: move the sim install
into Tools/setup/macos.sh with an explicit package list and tap
registration, mirroring the pattern already used for the toolchain
block. Adds xquartz install on --sim-tools.

Beyond install, three runtime and configure gaps kept make px4_sitl
gz_x500 from working on a clean macOS:

- gz-gui8 (pulled in by gz-sim8) links against Qt5, but Homebrew's
  qt@5 is keg-only so CMake cannot find it. Add a POSIX-scoped hint
  in platforms/posix/cmake/px4_impl_os.cmake that resolves
  brew --prefix qt@5 and appends it to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. No-ops on
  non-APPLE builds and respects a user-set Qt5_DIR.

- On macOS, dyld does not search /opt/homebrew/lib by default.
  gobject-introspection typelibs reference libs by bare basename,
  causing gst-plugin-scanner to fail to load plugins and adding
  ~90s of timeout to Gazebo's cold start. Set
  DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH to the Homebrew prefix lib dir in
  gz_env.sh so the bridge launch inherits it. Darwin-scoped, no
  effect on Linux or CI.

- configure_file on gz_env.sh.in now uses @ONLY so shell ${VAR}
  references pass through untouched.

Verified locally on macOS 26.4 / arm64 / Homebrew 5.1.7: configure
clean, 1119/1119 targets compile and link, vehicle spawns in
Gazebo Harmonic 8.11.0 with a single "Waiting for Gazebo world"
wait (was ~18 before the dyld fix).

Signed-off-by: Ramon Roche <mrpollo@gmail.com>
2026-04-20 16:15:41 -07:00

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#! /usr/bin/env bash
## Basch script to setup the PX4 development environment on macOS
## Works for Intel and Arm based Apple hardware
##
## Installs:
## - Common dependencies and tools for building PX4
## - Cross compilers for building hardware targets using NuttX
## - With --sim-tools: Gazebo Harmonic and jMAVSim simulation stack
##
## Homebrew 4.5+ no longer auto-resolves cross-tap dependencies, so
## every tap and package is listed explicitly here rather than hidden
## behind meta-formulae. See PX4/homebrew-px4#104 for background.
##
# script directory
DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
# Reinstall if --reinstall set
REINSTALL_FORMULAS=""
# Install simulation tools?
INSTALL_SIM=""
# Parse arguments
for arg in "$@"
do
if [[ $arg == "--reinstall" ]]; then
REINSTALL_FORMULAS=$arg
elif [[ $arg == "--sim-tools" ]]; then
INSTALL_SIM=$arg
fi
done
echo "[macos.sh] Installing the development dependencies for the PX4 Autopilot"
if ! command -v brew &> /dev/null
then
# install Homebrew if not installed yet
echo "[macos.sh] Installing Homebrew"
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
fi
# Required taps. Homebrew 4.5+ no longer auto-resolves cross-tap
# dependencies, so every tap that a package lives in must be added
# explicitly here before `brew install`.
#
# - osx-cross/arm: arm-gcc-bin@13 (ARM cross-compiler)
# - PX4/px4: fastdds, genromfs, kconfig-frontends (PX4-specific)
brew tap osx-cross/arm
brew tap PX4/px4
# Package list. This replaces the px4-dev meta-formula, which is kept
# as a deprecated no-op upstream. See PX4/homebrew-px4 for history.
PX4_BREW_PACKAGES=(
ant
astyle
bash-completion
ccache
cmake
fastdds
genromfs
kconfig-frontends
ncurses
ninja
osx-cross/arm/arm-gcc-bin@13
python
python-tk
)
if [[ $REINSTALL_FORMULAS == "--reinstall" ]]; then
echo "[macos.sh] Re-installing PX4 toolchain dependencies"
brew doctor
brew reinstall "${PX4_BREW_PACKAGES[@]}"
else
echo "[macos.sh] Installing PX4 toolchain dependencies"
brew install "${PX4_BREW_PACKAGES[@]}"
fi
brew link --overwrite --force arm-gcc-bin@13
# Python dependencies
echo "[macos.sh] Installing Python3 dependencies"
# Resolve to git repo root based on script location (handles submodules and subdirectory invocation)
ROOT_DIR="$(git -C "$DIR" rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || echo "$DIR")"
VENV_DIR="$ROOT_DIR/.venv"
# Create virtual environment if it doesn't exist
if [ ! -d "$VENV_DIR" ]; then
echo "[macos.sh] Creating Python virtual environment at $VENV_DIR"
python3 -m venv "$VENV_DIR"
fi
# We need to have future to install pymavlink later.
"$VENV_DIR/bin/pip" install future
"$VENV_DIR/bin/pip" install -r "${DIR}/requirements.txt"
# Optional, but recommended additional simulation tools:
if [[ $INSTALL_SIM == "--sim-tools" ]]; then
# Simulation packages. This replaces the px4-sim / px4-sim-gazebo
# meta-formulae, which declared cross-tap dependencies that
# Homebrew 4.5+ no longer auto-resolves. Same migration pattern as
# the toolchain block above. See PX4/homebrew-px4#104 for the
# px4-dev precedent.
#
# osrf/simulation: gz-harmonic (Gazebo Harmonic meta-formula)
brew tap osrf/simulation
PX4_SIM_BREW_PACKAGES=(
exiftool
glog
graphviz
gstreamer
opencv
osrf/simulation/gz-harmonic
protobuf
)
if [[ $REINSTALL_FORMULAS == "--reinstall" ]]; then
echo "[macos.sh] Re-installing PX4 simulation dependencies"
brew reinstall "${PX4_SIM_BREW_PACKAGES[@]}"
else
echo "[macos.sh] Installing PX4 simulation dependencies"
brew install "${PX4_SIM_BREW_PACKAGES[@]}"
fi
# XQuartz is required for Gazebo GUI display on macOS.
if ! brew list --cask xquartz &> /dev/null; then
echo "[macos.sh] Installing XQuartz (required for Gazebo display)"
brew install --cask xquartz
fi
# jMAVSim requires a JDK (Java 17 LTS recommended)
if ! brew ls --versions openjdk@17 > /dev/null; then
echo "[macos.sh] Installing OpenJDK 17 (required for jMAVSim)"
brew install openjdk@17
sudo ln -sfn $(brew --prefix openjdk@17)/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-17.jdk
fi
fi
echo ""
echo "[macos.sh] All set! The PX4 Autopilot toolchain was installed."
echo ""
echo "Python dependencies were installed into a virtual environment at:"
echo " $VENV_DIR"
echo ""
echo "Activate it before building (run in each new terminal session):"
echo " source $VENV_DIR/bin/activate"
echo ""