build g2o viewer on macos

this work is to contribute to SLAM 14 book chapter 11.

build libQGLViewer

1. build libQGLViewer, as we will use qt5, its corresponding version is 2.7.2

git clone https://github.com/GillesDebunne/libQGLViewer.git -b v2.7.2

change QMAKE_MAC_SDK in example/example.pri

QMAKE_MAC_SDK = macosx12.3

usexcodebuild -showsdks to show your macos sdk version.
3. build

qmake -spec macx-clang
make -j4 install

QGLViewer.framework will installed at /usr/local/lib/QGLViewer.framework

4. copy folder QGLViewer.framework to /Library/Frameworks

build g2o

1. set up flag in cmake file in apps, make sure the two flags are true while configuring

add_subdirectory(g2o_cli)

if (G2O_BUILD_SLAM2D_TYPES AND G2O_BUILD_SLAM3D_TYPES)
  add_subdirectory(g2o_simulator)
endif()


message("QGLVIEWER_FOUND:" ${QGLVIEWER_FOUND})
message("Qt5_FOUND:" ${Qt5_FOUND})


if(QGLVIEWER_FOUND AND Qt5_FOUND)
  add_subdirectory(g2o_viewer)
endif()

if(G2O_BUILD_LINKED_APPS AND G2O_BUILD_SBA_TYPES AND G2O_BUILD_SCLAM2D_TYPES)
  add_subdirectory(linked_binaries)
endif()

2. use cmake or cmake-gui to configure

Compiling on OSX
Found AMD headers in: /usr/local/include
Found AMD library: /usr/local/lib/libamd.dylib
Found CAMD headers in: /usr/local/include
Found CAMD library: /usr/local/lib/libcamd.dylib
Found CCOLAMD headers in: /usr/local/include
Found CCOLAMD library: /usr/local/lib/libccolamd.dylib
Found CHOLMOD headers in: /usr/local/include
Found CHOLMOD library: /usr/local/lib/libcholmod.dylib
Found COLAMD headers in: /usr/local/include
Found COLAMD library: /usr/local/lib/libcolamd.dylib
Found SPQR headers in: /usr/local/include
Found SPQR library: /usr/local/lib/libspqr.dylib
Found Config headers in: /usr/local/include
Found Config library: /usr/local/lib/libsuitesparseconfig.dylib
Found Intel Thread Building Blocks (TBB) library (2021.10 / ) include location: . Assuming SuiteSparseQR was compiled with TBB.
Could not find librt, but found SuiteSparse_config, assuming that SuiteSparse was compiled without timing.
Enable support for Cholmod
Building LGPL code as a shared library
Enable support for CSparse
Compiling with OpenGL support
Compiling SLAM 3D types
Compiling built in types slam2d slam2d (addons) data sclam2d slam3d slam3d (addons) sba icp sim3
Compiling g2o apps
Compiling g2o examples
Compiling with Clang
QGLVIEWER_FOUND:TRUE
Qt5_FOUND:1
Generating position independent code for slam2d because Qt5 was built with -reduce-relocations
Configuring done (1.3s)

manually set QGLVIEWER_INCLUDE_DIR

3. make

make -j4
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[ 20%] Built target g2o_cli_library
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[ 47%] Building CXX object g2o/examples/slam2d/CMakeFiles/slam2d_g2o.dir/main_window.cpp.o
[ 48%] Building CXX object g2o/examples/slam2d/CMakeFiles/slam2d_g2o.dir/slam2d_viewer.cpp.o
[ 49%] Built target simple_optimize
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[ 51%] Built target g2o_hierarchical_library
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[ 52%] Building CXX object g2o/examples/slam2d/CMakeFiles/slam2d_g2o.dir/moc_main_window.cpp.o
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[ 61%] Building CXX object g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/CMakeFiles/viewer_library.dir/g2o_qglviewer.cpp.o
[ 64%] Built target types_data
[ 66%] Built target types_sclam2d
[ 66%] Building CXX object g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/CMakeFiles/viewer_library.dir/main_window.cpp.o
[ 73%] Built target types_sba
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[ 74%] Building CXX object g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/CMakeFiles/viewer_library.dir/gui_hyper_graph_action.cpp.o
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[ 75%] Building CXX object g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/CMakeFiles/viewer_library.dir/properties_widget.cpp.o
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[ 76%] Building CXX object g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/CMakeFiles/viewer_library.dir/run_g2o_viewer.cpp.o
[ 77%] Built target tutorial_slam2d
[ 77%] Building CXX object g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/CMakeFiles/viewer_library.dir/moc_main_window.cpp.o
[ 78%] Built target calibration_odom_laser_library
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[ 90%] Built target sclam_odom_laser
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[ 93%] Linking CXX shared library ../../../lib/libg2o_viewer.dylib
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[ 97%] Building CXX object g2o/apps/g2o_viewer/CMakeFiles/g2o_viewer.dir/g2o_viewer.cpp.o
[ 98%] Linking CXX executable ../../../bin/slam2d_g2o
[ 99%] Built target slam2d_g2o
[100%] Linking CXX executable ../../../bin/g2o_viewer
[100%] Built target g2o_viewer

you might encounter confict if you have qt6 on your pc. just run

brew unlink qt
brew link qt5

4. finally, run the viewer

https://blog.csdn.net/fujianfafu/article/details/51902874