Build Instructions for OS X

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General build instructions

Install Git (from http://git-scm.com/)
Install MacOSX Command Line Tools for XCode (from https://developer.apple.com/downloads/)
Install homebrew (from http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/)
brew install libjpeg libtiff glew
Install Qt (for UMVE only, from http://qt-project.org/downloads)
Not sure about Qt 5.0 but at latest Qt 4.8 worked
Clone MVE repository: git clone git://github.com/simonfuhrmann/mve.git
Build MVE and UMVE
cd mve; make
cd apps/umve; qmake; make; open umve.app

PNG library missing?
For MVE: Edit mve/libs/mve/Makefile, add include path -I/usr/X11/include (for libpng) to EXT_INCL
For UMVE: Edit mve/apps/umve/umve.pro, add linker path -L/usr/X11/lib to LIBS variable
Qt libraries missing?
- Add QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT = ${HOME}/QtSDK/Desktop/Qt/4.8.1/gcc/lib/
- You may also remove QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT
No qmake available after installing Qt?
Add qmake to $PATH: export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/QtSDK/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/
When qmake does not generate a Makefile:
Try qmake -spec macx-g++
Further problems when compiling Qt sources:
Depending on your build environment, creating a umve.pro.priv file with the following content may help:
QMAKE_CFLAGS_X86_64 += -mmacosx-version-min=10.7
QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_X86_64 = $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_X86_64
QMAKE_LIBDIR_QT = /usr/local/Cellar/qt/4.8.3/lib
CONFIG -= app_bundle