macOS Big Sur Problems
General Issues
First of all, please read Migration.
Updating MacPorts Base
MacPorts must be re-installed in a version configured for macOS 11 Big Sur.
Ensure you have Xcode 12.2 or greater installed and selected (e.g. sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer), and that you have the command line tools installed (xcode-select --install). You also have to agree to the license by running sudo xcodebuild -license.
There have been reports that the -license option might not be sufficient alone, and following command might be required to agree to the license: sudo xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch
Install macOS SDK 11 manually in case of problems
Some users who upgraded from earlier versions of macOS reported, that xcode-select --install didn't gave proper results (didn't install neither Xcode, nor the SDK required) and first the installation of Xcode from AppStore and then the installation of Command-line tools for Xcode 12.2 was required from Apple Developer site, as described here: https://www.macports.org/install.php .
Symptoms that your system requires manual installation: console message about missing SDK (Warning: The macOS 11.x SDK does not appear to be installed. Ports may not build correctly. Warning: You can install it as part of the Xcode Command Line Tools package by running xcode-select --install'.`) or a message about C compiler being unable to create executables in build logs.
Rosetta 2 and build_arch
MacPorts defaults to building for the architecture that it is running as. If you have a universal MacPorts installation on an Apple Silicon Mac, and you run it from a terminal emulator that is not a native arm64 binary, MacPorts will end up being run as x86_64, and will build ports accordingly, which is often unexpected. This can be corrected by explicitly setting build_arch arm64 in macports.conf, or by using a native terminal emulator.
Rebuilding from source
Some port problems can be worked around by instructing MacPorts to build the port on your machine from source, rather than using the prebuilt version. For example, this might be the case if the version of the macOS SDK used on our build machine is different from the one on your machine. Instead of running sudo port install, try running sudo port -s install. If that fixes the problem, please report it to us so that it can be fixed properly.
Tickets for Broken Ports
- #57174
- cotvnc wont compile
- #58480
- chasen-base @2.3.3: clang: error: unknown argument: '-syslibroot'
- #60988
- php73-apache2handler @7.3.16_1: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 3, have 2
- #61231
- molden: error: implicit declaration of function
- #61261
- grace @5.1.25: configure: error: M*tif has not been found
- #61356
- w3m, w3m-devel: error: redefinition of 'sys_errlist' with a different type: 'char **' vs 'const char *const []'
- #61383
- xemacs @21.4.22: *** PANIC *** Configure tests are not working - compiler is broken.
- #61422
- stack @2.5.1_0 build fails on Big Sur 11.1 Beta / Xcode 12.3 Beta
- #61472
- "./restore_ports.tcl myports.txt" fails on Big Sur without giving a single hint (what the problem might be, where I could look up details, ...)
- #61483
- neon @0.30.2: configure failure due to implicit declaration of functions
- #61486
- fluxbox @1.3.7_1 does not compile on macOS Big Sur, Version 11.0.1, because "src/FbTk/FbTime.cc:64:10: error: redefinition of '_mono'"
- #61498
- dialog @1.3: configure: error: No curses header-files found
- #61526
- libzzip @0.13.71 can be built with Python 3
- #61529
- moria @5.5.2_5 fails to build on Big Sur
- #61530
- dblatex @0.3.11_1 can be built with Python 3
- #61545
- python38 +universal fails to build on Big Sur (Apple Silicon Mac)
- #61550
- neovim fails to compile on Big Sur with Apple Silicon
- #61556
- Error: Failed to build tf: command execution failed
- #61564
- libelf @0.8.13.2: implicit declaration of function
- #61568
- pinentry-mac @0.9.4 has still problems to build on Big Sur
- #61570
- Ifeffit: Build error on MacPorts 2.6.4 on Big Sur
- #61583
- py38-graph-tool @2.33_0 +openmp Build Failure
- #61588
- p5.28-wx: Build error on MacPorts 2.6.4 on Big Sur
- #61590
- alpine @2.23: error: implicit declaration of function 'time' is invalid in C99
- #61598
- nut @2.7.4: Undefined symbols
- #61601
- p5-crypt-gcrypt @1.26: Can't link/include C library 'gcrypt', aborting.
- #61602
- p5-crypt-des @2.07: error: implicit declaration of function 'perl_des_expand_key' is invalid in C99
- #61604
- p5-authen-smb @0.91: error: implicit declaration of function 'SMB_Init' is invalid in C99
- #61605
- p5-digest-nilsimsa @0.06: error: implicit declaration of function 'clear' is invalid in C99
- #61607
- p5-html-strip @2.10: error: implicit declaration of function 'utf8_char_width' is invalid in C99
- #61610
- p5-inline-python @0.5.6: error: implicit declaration of function 'initperl' is invalid in C99
- #61611
- p5-ipe 0.3.1: error: implicit declaration of function 'train_bntree' is invalid in C99
- #61614
- p5-math-longdouble @0.22: error: implicitly declaring library function 'finite'
- #61615
- p5-net-nfdump @1.25: error: implicit declaration of function 'ff2_lex' is invalid in C99
- #61616
- p5-net-rawip @0.25: Could not load the pcap library
- #61617
- p5-sdl @2.548: error: implicit declaration of function '_calc_offset' is invalid in C99
- #61618
- p5-string-ediff @0.09: error: implicit declaration of function 'ediff' is invalid in C99
- #61619
- p5-term-gnuplot @0.903.809.60: error: implicit declaration of function 'test_term' is invalid in C99
- #61622
- p5-www-curl @4.17: error: #endif without #if
- #61631
- torsocks: error: implicit declaration of gethostbyaddr_r is invalid in C99
- #61692
- gromacs: clang: error: invalid version number in '-mmacosx-version-min=11.0'
- #61710
- gtk2-murrine @0.98.2: error: implicit declaration of function 'murrine_rc_style_register_types' is invalid in C99
- #61720
- gwyddion: Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64
- #61744
- bacula @9.4.4 +console_bat : does not build on macOS 11.0.1 (bigsur)
- #61765
- gwenhywfar4 @4.20.2 does not build on Big Sur
- #61800
- graphviz-gui @2.40.1_2: error: could not write entitlements file
- #61802
- dfu-programmer @0.7.2: error: implicitly declaring library function 'malloc' with type 'void *(unsigned long)'
- #61823
- py38-reportlab 3.5.46_0: missing #include <string.h>
- #61838
- geda-gaf linker error
- #61842
- opendx @4.4.4_10: y.tab.c:1107:16: error: implicit declaration of function '_dxfcclex' is invalid in C99 [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
- #61863
- geos @3.9.0: Configuration logfiles contain indications of -Wimplicit-function-declaration
- #61877
- clisp @2.49.92: configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
- #61883
- libgcc7: build failure
- #61927
- gtkglext+quartz build fails on big sur due to gdk_drawable_get_size and gdk_draw_pixbuf
- #61942
- esound @0.2.41: error: implicit declaration of function 'clean_exit' is invalid in C99
- #61958
- Build of python38 @3.8.7 fails on intel Big Sur, macOS 11.1, somehow…
- #61968
- tuntaposx @20150118_0: error: : 'ifnet_attach_protocol' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 10.15.4 - Network Kernel Extension KPI is deprecated
- #61972
- clang-8.0:build fails on BigSur: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to an incomplete type 'struct stat64'
- #61973
- Pallet @1.1_1: Failed to open log store at /Users/macports/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Pallet-hhxzvjfjvrmndgcreaswdfqwvhbd/Logs/Build
- #62013
- gtime +universal: error: redefinition of '_OSSwapInt64'
- #62027
- qt5-qtwebkit fails to build on Big Sur 11.1 with Apple silicon
- #62029
- libgcc7: build failure
- #62053
- Successfully build 'Frescobaldi', but failed to run it on Big Sur
- #62070
- mpif90-openmpi-gcc10 fails to link FORTRAN program
- #62114
- postgis3 @3.0.3: configure failure: could not find GDAL headers
- #62124
- gcc9 @9.3.0_4 gfortran fails with "ld: library not found for -lSystem" in Big Sur
- #62138
- octave not pointed at correct gcc (gcc-devel)
- #62176
- wxLua @2.8.12.3 crashes
- #62200
- py39-pyglet on new mac M1: import pyglet.window fails
- #62210
- ruby24 doesn't support the arm64 architecture
- #62216
- db53: error: Support for FCNTL mutexes was removed in BDB 4.8.
- #62219
- netperf @2.7.0: error: implicit declaration of function 'read' is invalid in C99
- #62224
- libcryptopp @8.4.0_0+universal build fails on Big Sur
- #62236
- plantuml @1.2020.11: Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
- #62247
- anacron @2.3_3: error: implicitly declaring library function 'abort'
- #62251
- beecrypt @4.2.1_5: error: implicit declaration of function 'swapu32' is invalid in C99
- #62254
- MPlayer @1.3.0_7: build error: 'QuickTime/QuickTime.h' file not found
- #62299
- remake @4.2.1-dbg-1.4_1: error: Somebody has to work out how to handle if getimeofday is not around
- #62304
- sudosh @1.6.3: error: implicit declaration of function 'gettimeofday' is invalid in C99
- #62307
- gnuregex @0.12_2: error: implicit declaration of function 'free' is invalid in C99
- #62336
- chgrep @1.2.4_1: error: implicit declaration of function 'err_msg' is invalid in C99
- #62344
- sgrep2 @1.94a: error: implicitly declaring library function 'strcmp'
- #62348
- wxWidgets broken on macOS BigSur due to XCode 12 issue
- #61445
- Java version not detected on macOS Big Sur 11.0.1
- #61471
- virt-manager fails to load shared library on Big Sur
- #61523
- subversion-perlbindings-5.28 package fail to install on Big Sur
- #61546
- avr-gdb fails to build on macOS 11 Big Sur
- #61612
- xorg-libx11 @1.7.0 variant +docs does not build on El Capitan, OK on Big Sur (Java problem?)
- #61639
- iverilog @10.3_0 fails to build on Big Sur
- #61755
- auto-multiple choice fails to build on Big Sur
- #61789
- qt4-mac @4.8.7_10 (aqua): Fails to build on Big Sur w/ arm64 architecture
- #61845
- shibboleth port not building on at least Big Sur
- #61849
- gobject-introspection: Configure failure on Big Sur 11.1 and Xcode 12.3
- #61896
- emacs{-app,}-devel +nativecomp: runtime native compilation fails on Big Sur 11.1
- #61933
- wxmaxima crashes on macOS Big Sur v11k - conflicting wxWidget libs
- #61989
- libp11 does not compile under Big Sur
- #61996
- qemu hvf support on Big Sur requires signing security entitlement
- #62018
- fltk-config --cxxflags returns invalid value on macOS Big Sur 11.1
- #62123
- bind9 @9.16.11 compile errors on Big Sur and El Capitan
- #62131
- py38-tensorflow does not build on big sur
- #62184
- gcc-devel on big sur Apple Silicon w/ xcode 12.4 fails to assemble pc-relative literal loads
- #62226
- osxfuse fails to build on Big Sur (under condition of "Warning: The macOS 11.2 SDK does not appear to be installed.")
- #62234
- cloog fails to build on MacOS Big Sur
- #62259
- ninja @1.10.2_0+universal build issues on Big Sur Intel
- #62312
- Big Sur 11.2 - vtk does not configure