Run Vaa3D on Mac.wiki - Vaa3D/Vaa3D_Wiki GitHub Wiki

Steps to run Vaa3D:

• First download the pre-compiled Qt 4.7.1 from https://home.penglab.com/tmp/qt7.tar.gz and extract it to the /usr/local/Trolltech directory;
• Download Vaa3D 3.458 from GitHub https://github.com/Vaa3D/Vaa3D_Wiki/wiki/Download-Vaa3D-executables;
• Go to vaa3d64.app package contents, go to macOS and run vaa3d64 inside;
• Then you can run vaa3D successfully.

Notes:

• If you don't download the pre-compiled Qt 4.7.1 beforehand, you will get the error that Vaa3D is trying to call "QtGUI" from a location that doesn't exist. Another solution is to find these files and put them in the appropriate location.

To run plugins:

Some people found that for new Mac OS there is an issue to detect and run the DLL (plugins), which is due to the OS's gatekeeper

You may disable it by typing at a command line Terminal window

sudo spctl --master-disable