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• first, install brew. Paste that in a macOS Terminal or Linux shell prompt.

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  language bash
  /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh )"

  
  

• next, install ecflow dependencies

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  language bash
  brew install cmake brew install boost brew install boost-python3 brew install openssl brew install qt brew install figlet # replacement for banner in scripts (i.e. .ecf files)

  
  

• clone and place in $HOME/git

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  git clone ssh://git@git.ecmwf.int/ecflow/ecflow.git git clone ssh://git@git.ecmwf.int/ecsdk/ecbuild.git git clone ssh://git@git.ecmwf.int/ecsdk/metabuilder.git # optional

  
  

• build ecflow, and install to ${HOME}/install/ecflow/${version}

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  cd $HOME/git/ecflow git checkout develop sh -x build_scripts/mac.sh make -j8 install # if you make a mistake use: sh -x build_scripts/mac.sh clean make -j8 install # clean will blast build directory

  
  

• Add the following to your .bash_profile

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  ecflow_version=$(awk '/^project/ && /ecflow/ && /VERSION/ {for (I=1;I<=NF;I++) if ($I == "VERSION") {print $(I+1)};}' $HOME/git/ecflow/CMakeLists.txt) python_dot_version=$(python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.version_info[0],".",sys.version_info[1],sep="")') export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/install/ecflow/$ecflow_version/bin" export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/install/ecflow/$ecflow_version/lib/python${python_dot_version}/site-packages" export WK='$HOME/git/ecflow' # to use the meta builder on MAC: export PERM='$HOME/PERM' export SCRATCH='$HOME/SCRATCH' export METABUILDER_TESTING=1

  
  

• To use the meta builder on mac: Assumes you have updated .bash_profile.

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  cd $WK # This will kill the server if its already running, then start the server on port 4141 # Run the metabuilder/develop # start the GUI sh -x build_scripts/nightly/quick_install.sh

  
  

  Warning
  You will only be able to run the apple_clang compiler in the metabuilder, to use gnu.92 you will need to install/build with this compiler.

  
  

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