Problem with MacOS installation

[alpargun]

Hello,

I am trying to install SOFA on my Macbook M4 (Sequoia 15.7), and following the build steps. However, I am not able to make/ninja from the build directory. I believe the error is due to GUI part of SOFA but I still cannot find the source.

Does anyone know this problem? Also, is anyone able to install SOFA on an Arm64 based Macbook (M series)?
I included a portion of the terminal output with the error logs. Thank you.

3 errors generated.
make[2]: *** [Sofa/GUI/Common/CMakeFiles/Sofa.GUI.Common.dir/src/sofa/gui/common/GUIManager.cpp.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
[ 96%] Building CXX object Sofa/Component/LinearSolver/Preconditioner/CMakeFiles/Sofa.Component.LinearSolver.Preconditioner.dir/src/sofa/component/linearsolver/preconditioner/RotationMatrixSystem.cpp.o
[ 97%] Building CXX object Sofa/Component/LinearSolver/Preconditioner/CMakeFiles/Sofa.Component.LinearSolver.Preconditioner.dir/src/sofa/component/linearsolver/preconditioner/BlockJacobiPreconditioner.cpp.o
[ 97%] Built target Sofa.Component.Collision.Response
[ 97%] Linking CXX shared library ../../../lib/libSceneChecking.dylib
[ 97%] Building CXX object Sofa/Component/Collision/CMakeFiles/Sofa.Component.Collision.dir/src/sofa/component/collision/init.cpp.o
[ 97%] Built target SceneChecking
[ 97%] Linking CXX shared library ../../../lib/libSofa.Component.Collision.dylib
[ 97%] Built target Sofa.Component.Collision
make[1]: *** [Sofa/GUI/Common/CMakeFiles/Sofa.GUI.Common.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
[ 97%] Linking CXX shared library ../../../../lib/libSofa.Component.LinearSolver.Preconditioner.dylib
[ 97%] Built target Sofa.Component.LinearSolver.Preconditioner
make: *** [all] Error 2

[bakpaul]

Hello ! Could you add the full log of this error ? The output you are showing doesn't give any information...

[alpargun]

Hello @bakpaul, thank you for your reply. Due to time constraints, our lab had to switch to using Windows OS for SOFA, as the installation is seamless.
However, on the parallel, I was able to run SOFA 23.06 and 24.12 on my MacBook by directly downloading the .zip file and running:
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine path/to/sofa/folder to remove the quarantine flags on the binary files.
These versions are enough for the moment, and I will not continue debugging the installation for version 25.06 at the moment.

So, for future reference, SOFA 23.06 and 24.12 work on MacOS as of today. However, 25.06 fails to run even after removing the quarantine flags due to this error message:

> alp@Alps-MacBook-Pro SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS % ./bin/runSofa
[INFO]    [runSofa] PluginRepository paths = /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib:/Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/plugins
[INFO]    [runSofa] DataRepository paths = /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/share/sofa:/Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/share/sofa/examples:/Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/share/sofa:/Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/share/sofa/examples:/Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/share/sofa/icons
[INFO]    [runSofa] runSofaDataRepository paths = /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/share/sofa/gui/runSofa:/Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/share/sofa/gui/runSofa
[INFO]    [GUIManager] Registered batch as a GUI.
[INFO]    [runSofa] Loading automatically plugin list in /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/plugin_list.conf
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.ODESolver.Forward.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.ODESolver.Backward.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.ODESolver.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.IO.Mesh.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.IO.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Playback.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.SceneUtility.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Topology.Container.Constant.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Topology.Container.Dynamic.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Topology.Container.Grid.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Topology.Container.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Topology.Mapping.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Topology.Utility.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Topology.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Visual.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.LinearSystem.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.LinearSolver.Iterative.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.LinearSolver.Ordering.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.LinearSolver.Direct.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.LinearSolver.Preconditioner.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.LinearSolver.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Mass.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Diffusion.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Mapping.Linear.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Mapping.NonLinear.dylib
[DEPRECATED] [Sofa.Component.Mapping.MappedMatrix] This plugin is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Mapping.MappedMatrix.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Mapping.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.StateContainer.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.SolidMechanics.Spring.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.SolidMechanics.FEM.Elastic.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.SolidMechanics.FEM.HyperElastic.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.SolidMechanics.FEM.NonUniform.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.SolidMechanics.FEM.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.SolidMechanics.TensorMass.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.SolidMechanics.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Constraint.Lagrangian.Model.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Constraint.Lagrangian.Correction.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Constraint.Lagrangian.Solver.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Constraint.Lagrangian.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Constraint.Projective.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Constraint.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.AnimationLoop.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.MechanicalLoad.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Collision.Geometry.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Collision.Detection.Algorithm.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Collision.Detection.Intersection.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Collision.Detection.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Collision.Response.Mapper.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Collision.Response.Contact.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Collision.Response.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Collision.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Setting.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Controller.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Engine.Analyze.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Engine.Generate.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Engine.Select.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Engine.Transform.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Engine.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.Haptics.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.Component.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.GL.Component.Rendering2D.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.GL.Component.Rendering3D.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.GL.Component.Engine.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.GL.Component.Shader.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.GL.Component.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.GUI.Component.dylib
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/lib/libSofa.GUI.Batch.dylib
[INFO]    [GUIManager] Registered glfw as a GUI.
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/plugins/SofaGLFW/lib/libSofaGLFW.dylib
[INFO]    [GUIManager] Registered imgui as a GUI.
[INFO]    [PluginManager] Loaded plugin: /Users/alp/Downloads/SOFA_v25.06.00_MacOS/plugins/SofaImGui/lib/libSofaImGui.dylib
zsh: killed     ./bin/runSofa

I believe this is due to the GUI component. Also, building from source via CMake causes other error messages, which I might later reproduce, but at the moment it is not a priority.
Thank you for the support, and I hope this helps other people running SOFA on Macs. I would be happy to hear about others' experience running SOFA 25.06 on a M4 Mac, too.