Installation on Mac OS X using Macports
There are several options to install MacPorts, but I recommend to use the Mac OS X Installer which is probably the standard approach. All authoritative details on installing MacPorts are found here.
- Install Xcode from Apple Developer Connection. The version to install will depend on your OSX version and the required components are specified on MacPorts' website.
- Accept the License Terms, if Xcode 4 and later was installed.
- Install MacPorts and add
/opt/local/bin&/opt/local/sbinto your path. - I recommend to run
sudo port -v selfupdatebefore you start installing ports.
Once MacPorts is available on your system, installing ObsPy and all dependencies is as easy as executing the following command:
sudo port install py27-obspy
The port should install and run smoothly with Python 2.7 (py27-obspy), but some limitations apply to Python 2.6. In case you encounter any problem do not hesitate to fill a ticket against the port.
With Python 2.6 there seem be some issues, which I assume are not directly related to ObsPy or the port itself. If gcc >=4.5 (variants: +gcc45, +gcc46 & +gcc47) is used to compile py26-scipy and py26-obspy, the port would install without problem, but will not be completely functional.
If for some reason you need to install ObsPy with Python 2.6, use the +gcc44 variant for both py26-scipy and py26-obspy. The +gcc43 variant works as well. The default variant py26-scipy +gcc47 is currently not functional. The procedure to use is the following:
sudo port -v install py26-scipy +gcc44
sudo port -v install py26-obspy +gcc44
