I'm running a build-kstars.sh -i3ae now, I want to see if my dmg will crash again like last time.

The build went fine from start to finish, no errors.
I have tested the dmg on the MBP, it works as in 'new data to download' for example, however it still crashes on attempting to take a picture via the CCD simulator.
What i don't understand is that Jamie's dmg didn't show this issue, but my build does.

I believe this issue needs looking into it as if someone wants to try their own build.... it might fail too.

I am going to be out of touch for a few days, someone turned left right in front of me while i was on the motorcycle. Shattered left forearm, MRI & surgery scheduled for tomorrow.

i put an updated dmg on that same dropbox link (www.dropbox.com/s/eoqstbm3uw3ozbc/kstars.dmg) - see if that works. if so, try to compare contents

That sucks, glad you are ok. Get well soon!

ouch, yes get well soon.

Hallo Jamie!
Sorry about you accident! I hope the surgery went well! I´m an orthopedic surgeon myself so know what your going through! Ive been following this thread from the beginning and as I´m a faithful Mac user I want it to be an success. I´ve tried to install your dmg but it doesn't work. I´ve tried it on my iMac and MBP but get this result:

/Volumes/kstars/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars ; exit;
ErlandHrgsiMac9:~ erlandhogberg$ /Volumes/kstars/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars ; exit;
dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/libindi.1.dylib
Referenced from: /Volumes/kstars/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars
Reason: image not found
Abort trap: 6
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.
Deleting expired sessions...55 completed.
[Processen slutförd]

So have a good recovery and hope this helps your and your fellows in this thread! Your doing a GREAT work!!!!
Erland

Remember if you want to use KStars and Ekos right now on your Mac, you can run Jamie's script: github.com/jamiesmith/kstars-on-osx and it will work very well. The DMG is still a work in progress, but if you have the patience for the full build and install process, it works great. You can choose either the emerge version option or the cmake version option and both work well as of now. Before you can run the script, you need to install Qt and Home-brew as explained on the site.

One question though, did you drag the KStars.app from the dmg to your applications folder or desktop before running it, or did you just try to run it from within the dmg? You shouldn't programs from a dmg unless they are installers I believe.

I did both and none of them worked. This is the result after I dragged it to the programs folder and executed it..
Process: kstars [39858]
Path: /Applications/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars
Identifier: kstars
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: kstars [39858]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2016-12-06 00:15:16.347 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.12 (16A323)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 8405A054-0E1E-051B-93FA-7088D81AFB8A

Sleep/Wake UUID: 1282DEBE-3334-4C4E-A887-FF508FD41521

Time Awake Since Boot: 13000 seconds
Time Since Wake: 180 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 0

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Reason: DYLD, [0x1] Library missing

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/libindi.1.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars
Reason: image not found

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I am trying another build.

I haven't seen anything like that before - it implies the libindi.1.dylib isn't there.

What os version?

My OS is Sierra, 10.12.

So, this evening I thought I would run through some tests to make sure I had the latest version on my Mac of both the cmake and craft versions of KStars. I ran Jamie's script and it all worked flawlessly.

Next. I tried taking the dmg that the script generated on my computer and bringing it to my Wife's computer which is running El Capitan. Dragged KStars to the desktop and it worked great. There are a couple of icon issues, but that is minor. Even the download new data worked well.

Then I went on to try Ekos. And as before, I was able to start the embedded Indi server with the CCD, but not take a picture. The driver crashes right away.

In the process of investigating using OTool on KStars, indiserver, and some of the drivers, I found several files that are not bundled in the frameworks.
/usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib
/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

As far as I could tell, the first 2 don't seem to be a problem because those files exist on both my Mac and my wife's Mac. I assume they are system libraries that should be on all Macs? The third one though, I do not understand. I cannot find it on either computer at that location! Am I missing something?

I don't see anything that would cause Docerland's error, however, unless he is using an older DMG file from before Stephane bundled in libindi properly.

Jamie, I will try your dmg now.