Building GGobi OS X

This guide assumes some expertise with the command line.

Step One: Install dependencies

Install the following in the usual mac manner

Latest version (>= 2.4) of Xcode, and X11 installed from your install dvd.
MacPorts
R (if installing Rggobi)

Then, from the terminal, run (this will take a while, so you might want to do it overnight):

sudo port install gtk2 automake libtool graphviz
ln -s /opt/local/bin/glibtool /opt/local/bin/libtool
ln -s /opt/local/bin/glibtoolize /opt/local/bin/libtoolize

(If you are having any problems with these commands, try sudo port selfupdate and then repeating)

Step Two: Build ggobi

curl http://www.ggobi.org/downloads/ggobi-2.1.5.tar.bz2 -O ggobi.tar.bz2
tar jxf ggobi.tar.bz2
cd ggobi
./configure --enable-debug --with-all-plugins
make
sudo make install
make ggobirc
sudo mkdir -p /etc/xdg/ggobi
sudo cp ggobirc /etc/xdg/ggobi/ggobirc

Make sure /usr/local/bin is on your path, then you can then run ggobi using ggobi