Issue
I am trying to build and install this software So, I did these steps
# recursive repo cloning
git clone --recursive https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV.git
# sourcing there scripts
source rvcmds.sh
# configure
cmake -B_build -H. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DRV_DEPS_QT5_LOCATION=/Users/macos/Qt/5.15.2/clang_64
# building
cmake --build _build --config Release -v --target main_executable
now during build I get this error
OpenGL descriptors
--------------------------------------------------------------------
rm -rf extensions/gl
cp -r glfixes/gl/specs/ANGLE OpenGL-Registry/extensions
cp -r glfixes/gl/specs/REGAL OpenGL-Registry/extensions
bin/update_ext.sh extensions/gl OpenGL-Registry/extensions blacklist
--------------------------------------------------------------------
WGL descriptors
--------------------------------------------------------------------
rm -f extensions/gl/WGL_*
python bin/parse_xml.py OpenGL-Registry/xml/wgl.xml --api wgl --extensions extensions/gl
bash: python: command not found
make[4]: *** [extensions/gl/.dummy] Error 127
make[3]: *** [cmake/dependencies/RV_DEPS_GLEW-prefix/src/RV_DEPS_GLEW-stamp/RV_DEPS_GLEW-configure] Error 2
make[2]: *** [cmake/dependencies/CMakeFiles/RV_DEPS_GLEW.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/main_executable.dir/rule] Error 2
make: *** [main_executable] Error 2
so according to the error I don't have python as it says python command not found, so what I did in my .zprofile I setup the alias like this alias python="python3"
when I do python --version I get same result as python3 --version
but since the cmake is running in bash shell (for some unknown reason) I get the error.
I even tried to change my default shell to bash and add the alias there, but still cmake gives error.
I am not sure how to fix this, if anyone has any idea regarding this, really appreciated .
Solution
The easiest fix that I can think of is to create a symlink of your python3 executable, in the same folder, and name it python.
You can do this by running:
ln -s $(which python3) $(dirname $(which python3))/python
Answered By - atteggiani Answer Checked By - David Marino (WPSolving Volunteer)