This problem is all over the place with a whole not of nobody having got it working. Sorry I just got out of that hell myself and it was brutal. If you find this, you're looking at somebody who actually got it working on a brand new mac, with that running in developer mode. SO yes, it's really possible.
checking PROJ: checking whether PROJ and sqlite3 are available for linking:... noconfigure: error: libproj or sqlite3 not found in standard or given locations.ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘sfconfigure: error: gdal-config not found or not executable.
