Chengcheng-Xiao

Use macports to install:

sudo port install gtk2 +x11

(NOTE) we are going to need mp-gcc for this:

sudo port install mp-gcc10
sudo port select --set gcc mp-gcc10
sudo port install intltool
sudo port install pkgconfig

Chengcheng-Xiao

Use macports to install:

sudo port install python27
sudo port install py27-pip
sudo port install py27-gobject
sudo port install gettext
sudo port install py-pygtk +x11

(NOTE) we don't need mp-gcc for this:

Chengcheng-Xiao

Using Docker to run p4vasp on Mac

• Ref [1]: https://cntnr.io/running-guis-with-docker-on-mac-os-x-a14df6a76efc
• Ref [2]: http://fabiorehm.com/blog/2014/09/11/running-gui-apps-with-docker/

Docker is a set of platform as a service products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.

Basically, Docker container is a slim version of a virtual machine. With docker, we can run application that can not usually run on Mac.

Since compiling p4vasp on Mac has gradually became a pain in the a** and apple has decided to go ARM. I decided that using docker container is probably easier to both run and manage it.