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MacPorts for 10.6 PowerPC with pre-built ports [unofficial]: testing welcomed

jktwice said:
I installed rawtherapee instead and it is definitely much better. And it actually works lol.
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FWIW, I think I have fixed rawstudio build (won’t start PowerMac now just to verify, but I reproduced the failure on Sonoma and then fixed it, so provisionally it will build): https://github.com/macos-powerpc/powerpc-ports/commit/797dd6a03f471d8cc1ee5b50064f2a9906ce03be

But rawtherapee is the best of what works at the moment. (I could fix the build of darktable, but it crashes on launch, LOL.)
 
barracuda156 said:
FWIW, I think I have fixed rawstudio build (won’t start PowerMac now just to verify, but I reproduced the failure on Sonoma and then fixed it, so provisionally it will build): https://github.com/macos-powerpc/powerpc-ports/commit/797dd6a03f471d8cc1ee5b50064f2a9906ce03be
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Okay, `rawstudio` build is fixed for 10.6 powerpc, and I have updated sources and uploaded pre-built package.
So no need to do anything manually, just run `port sync` and install the port normally.
 
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jktwice said:
Just a heads up, yes it did install normally.
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If there is a practical interest in raw processors, I will take another look at fixing darktable/ART (there are less than trivial issues, but still can try) and a couple of KDE apps for that (minimal one should work normally, full-featured one built but did not work correctly last time).
 
The latest base – 2.11.1

Recommended is the “external curl” version, which depends on curl-SL-8.13.0-uni.zip

Compatible with 10.6.8 PowerPC (native) and 10.6.8 x86 (with Rosetta installed).
 

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Hi all, trying to get PPCPorts installed on a G5 with Snow Leopard. The git MPKG would fail install in the middle of installing, but bootstrap_curl installed fine. However, I cannot get the PPCPorts MPKG to install, it says "Xcode is not installed, or was installed with UNIX Development (10.5+) or Command Line Support (10.4) deselected."

I was not instructed to install Xcode, what version do I install?
 
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StupidCitrus said:
Hi all, trying to get PPCPorts installed on a G5 with Snow Leopard. The git MPKG would fail install in the middle of installing, but bootstrap_curl installed fine. However, I cannot get the PPCPorts MPKG to install, it says "Xcode is not installed, or was installed with UNIX Development (10.5+) or Command Line Support (10.4) deselected."

I was not instructed to install Xcode, what version do I install?
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Well, Xcode is the requirement, as it is for the mainstream MacPorts.

Use standard 3.2.6 and after that install these:
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Of these, curl is independent and can be installed before or after. If you used the old version, it will probably still work, but updating is recommended.

bsdtar here is not an installer but an archived binary picked from 10.6.8 release. It should replace the one in /usr/bin. You don’t need “my” binary, you can grab it yourself from standard 10.6.8. (This is a bug in our ppc image, it has a wrong bsdtar.)
Alternatively, this will also work, without replacing tar: https://github.com/barracuda156/powerpc-ports/issues/3#issuecomment-2847516667 (with this old tar can be used).
 
StupidCitrus said:
Hi all, trying to get PPCPorts installed on a G5 with Snow Leopard. The git MPKG would fail install in the middle of installing, but bootstrap_curl installed fine. However, I cannot get the PPCPorts MPKG to install, it says "Xcode is not installed, or was installed with UNIX Development (10.5+) or Command Line Support (10.4) deselected."

I was not instructed to install Xcode, what version do I install?
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I have updated info here: http://macos-powerpc.org
See in particular: http://macos-powerpc.org/installation.html

P. S. MacPorts just released 2.11.2 (perhaps fixing some other bug introduced in 2.11.0), so I will update installers by tomorrow.
 
I got it working good. I believe I have muckied up the X11 configuration however. I had not followed the steps to remove the archaic XQuartz/Apple X11 configs after installing PPCPorts and Frozen Bubble 2 for example is not able to figure out the current display mode.

Also, YouTube playback on QMPlay2 seems to not be working for me. I did install yt-dlp in the command line, which works.
 
StupidCitrus said:
I got it working good. I believe I have muckied up the X11 configuration however. I had not followed the steps to remove the archaic XQuartz/Apple X11 configs after installing PPCPorts and Frozen Bubble 2 for example is not able to figure out the current display mode.
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You can do it now, it does not have to be done at some specific moment. Clean the thing, reboot, and hopefully it starts working then.

Make sure to install either xquartz port or xorg-server-legacy.

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Also, YouTube playback on QMPlay2 seems to not be working for me. I did install yt-dlp in the command line, which works.
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Does the search work and only playback fails or both fail?

If the former, then did you make a symlink according to port notes?
 
barracuda156 said:
You can do it now, it does not have to be done at some specific moment. Clean the thing, reboot, and hopefully it starts working then.

Make sure to install either xquartz port or xorg-server-legacy.



Does the search work and only playback fails or both fail?

If the former, then did you make a symlink according to port notes?
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So odd thing is, I actually have done that symlink creation. At least, I did this.
ln -s /opt/local/bin/yt-dlp ~/.qmplay2/
Opening it in Finder, the symlink to the yt-dlp binary is indeed there.
I even got a little obtuse and tried
ln -s /opt/local/bin/yt-dlp ~/.qmplay2/youtube-dl
I still don't seem to be getting anything. Let me just restate that yt-dlp indeed works. I will attach a log of a successful download produced by PPCPorts yt-dlp. Trying "which yt-dlp" indeed returns the /opt/local/bin/yt-dlp directory.
 

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StupidCitrus said:
So odd thing is, I actually have done that symlink creation. At least, I did this.
ln -s /opt/local/bin/yt-dlp ~/.qmplay2/
Opening it in Finder, the symlink to the yt-dlp binary is indeed there.
I even got a little obtuse and tried
ln -s /opt/local/bin/yt-dlp ~/.qmplay2/youtube-dl
I still don't seem to be getting anything. Let me just restate that yt-dlp indeed works. I will attach a log of a successful download produced by PPCPorts yt-dlp. Trying "which yt-dlp" indeed returns the /opt/local/bin/yt-dlp directory.
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What I want to know first is whether YT search works or not.
And then, exact error for whatever fails.
 
barracuda156 said:
What I want to know first is whether YT search works or not.
And then, exact error for whatever fails.
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Search works. I can even copy the links it finds in search. I don't get very explanatory error messages though.

Code: 
[20 Jul 2025 19:03:47] Cannot open: YouTube://{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlSpgeDNCI}
 
StupidCitrus said:
Search works. I can even copy the links it finds in search. I don't get very explanatory error messages though.

Code: 
[20 Jul 2025 19:03:47] Cannot open: YouTube://{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKlSpgeDNCI}
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This absolutely looks like the symlink does not work or yt-dlp is inactive. (Notice, it is removed from runtime dependencies in qmplay2-devel, because the build does not work correctly if ffmpeg is active. So you need to activate yt-dlp manually.)

Can you verify that it is in ~/.qmplay2 and yt-dlp port is active?
Does `~/.qmplay2/yt-dlp` actually run yt-dlp?
 
barracuda156 said:
This absolutely looks like the symlink does not work or yt-dlp is inactive. (Notice, it is removed from runtime dependencies in qmplay2-devel, because the build does not work correctly if ffmpeg is active. So you need to activate yt-dlp manually.)

Can you verify that it is in ~/.qmplay2 and yt-dlp port is active?
Does `~/.qmplay2/yt-dlp` actually run yt-dlp?
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I can indeed confirm that ~/.qmplay2/yt-dlp works.
I also found yt-dlp in "port installed" marked active as "yt-dlp @2025.06.30_0+ffmpeg+python313 (active)"
I'm using the stock qmplay2, not the devel package.
For what its worth, I tried to install yt-dlp with python313 and without ffmpeg. No dice.
 
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StupidCitrus said:
I can indeed confirm that ~/.qmplay2/yt-dlp works.
I also found yt-dlp in "port installed" marked active as "yt-dlp @2025.06.30_0+ffmpeg+python313 (active)"
I'm using the stock qmplay2, not the devel package.
For what its worth, I tried to install yt-dlp with python313 and without ffmpeg. No dice.
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I will check non-devel QMPlay2. It certainly worked before, but maybe something has broken.
 
I tried qmplay2-devel and it works with YouTube search and playback. I do not get video though, only an audio stream.

I have noticed qmplay2-devel performs far worse playing local MP4 files (even worse than quicktime). For what it is worth, I am on a 2GHz dual processor model, not a dual-core or quad.
 
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StupidCitrus said:
I tried qmplay2-devel and it works with YouTube search and playback. I do not get video though, only an audio stream.
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This is strange. You could try changing default format in settings to something like 1080p, h.264 and not 60 FPS and see if it makes a difference. Not all videos plays for me in high-def quality (maybe just not available, I did not investigate that yet). When I tried a few days back, 1080p was working normally with no failures.

But in any case, -devel is not to be considered a stable version yet. I will try running it on some other system.

StupidCitrus said:
I have noticed qmplay2-devel performs far worse playing local MP4 files (even worse than quicktime). For what it is worth, I am on a 2GHz dual processor model, not a dual-core or quad.
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I did not notice any performance issues with it with local files, but I will take a look. I can try on 2.3 DC to make it somewhat comparable.

Could you say which exactly version of qmplay2 you use and which ffmpeg5?
Code: 
post -v installed ffmpeg5 | grep active
post -v installed qmplay2-devel | grep active

Besides, you will likely get a better performance with G5-optimized version.
Code: 
sudo port -v upgrade --enforce-variants ffmpeg5 +G5
sudo port -v upgrade --enforce-variants qmplay2-devel +G5

I use these myself on my PowerMacs.
 
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