# Another Building on Mac OS X **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-building-on-mac-os-x/213226 "2011-10-26T21:09:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-building-on-mac-os-x/213226/1 "2011-10-26T21:09:09Z")
Hi, I am also trying to build on Mac OS X (10.6.8) from source, by first getting the dependencies worked out from MacPorts. Although close to work (I think) it still fails for me. One reason I want to install from source is to get the UHD functionality directly in GRC, which isn’t available in the GnuRadio version 3.3.0 which MacPorts offer. I followed a recent instruction found at [https://shannon.ece.ufl.edu:6936/index.php/OS\_X\_10.6.8\_(Snow\_Leopard)](https://shannon.ece.ufl.edu:6936/index.php/OS_X_10.6.8_(Snow_Leopard)) However, I needed to translate the setting of shell variables for bash instead of tcsh. My paths then seem to be set properly, I believe (but not sure of course 🙂 This is how it went: ~/gnuradio\> ./bootstrap ~/gnuradio\> ./configure --prefix=$GR\_INSTALL --with-fusb-tech=libusb1 –with-qwt-incdir=/opt/local/include/qwt/ ~/gnuradio\> make … (stops with) make[5]: \*\*\* No rule to make target `/opt/local/share/swig/2.0.2/swig.swg', needed by `pmt\_swig.py’. Stop. make[4]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: \*\*\* [all] Error 2 make[1]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1 make: \*\*\* [all] Error 2 ~/gnuradio\> That is, for some reason it searches for ‘swig version 2.0.2’, but I seem to have 2.0.4 installed since `/opt/local/share/swig/2.0.4/swig.swg’ exists. How to fix this? What can the underlying problem be? FYI, the lines below shows how the “configure” went. That is, all essential checks passed. However, I don’t know if the several lines “./configure: line 18387: test: too many arguments” in the end is a sign of trouble or if it is acceptable ? ~/gnuradio\> ./configure --prefix=$GR\_INSTALL --with-fusb-tech=libusb1 –with-qwt-incdir=/opt/local/include/qwt/ … (ending with) ./configure: line 18387: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18387: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18387: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18387: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18387: test: too many arguments configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating config/Makefile config.status: creating include/Makefile config.status: creating include/volk/Makefile config.status: creating lib/Makefile config.status: creating orc/Makefile config.status: creating volk.pc config.status: creating config.h config.status: config.h is unchanged config.status: executing depfiles commands config.status: executing libtool commands The following architectures will be built: generic 32 64 3dnow abm mmx sse sse2 orc sse3 ssse3 sse4\_a sse4\_1 sse4\_2 * * * The following GNU Radio components have been successfully configured: config gruel volk gnuradio-core gr-digital gr-audio gr-vocoder gr-atsc gr-noaa gr-pager gr-trellis gr-video-sdl gr-wxgui gr-qtgui gr-utils gnuradio-examples grc gr-uhd docs You my now run the make command to build these components. * * * The following components were skipped either because you asked not to build them or they didn’t pass configuration checks: gr-comedi gr-shd These components will not be built. Configured GNU Radio release v3.5.0git-15-ge9f45800 for build. ~/gnuradio\> make make all-recursive Making all in config make all-am make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. Making all in gruel make all-recursive Making all in src Making all in lib make all-recursive Making all in pmt make all-am make[8]: Nothing to be done for `all-am’. Making all in msg make all-am make[8]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. make[7]: Nothing to be done for `all-am’. Making all in include Making all in gruel make all-am make[7]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. make[6]: Nothing to be done for `all-am’. Making all in scheme Making all in gnuradio make all-am make[7]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. make[6]: Nothing to be done for `all-am’. Making all in . make[5]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. Making all in swig make[5]: *** No rule to make target `/opt/local/share/swig/2.0.2/swig.swg’, needed by `pmt\_swig.py’. Stop. make[4]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: \*\*\* [all] Error 2 make[1]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1 make: \*\*\* [all] Error 2 ~/gnuradio\> Any help or suggestion appreciated / Rickard ---
**Author:** ![Rickard\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Rickard\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rickard_R)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/another-building-on-mac-os-x/213226/2 "2011-10-26T23:01:00Z")
Hello Rickard You could try building using cmake? if you can do cmake-gui, you should see where to put the path to your swig at the bottom, perhaps configuring this explicitly helps? Best Paul