Macos

To install the tof library on mac run:

sudo tar -xzf tof-mac-x86_64.tar.gz -C /usr/local

This will install the tof library for all users and you won’t have to add to the PATH and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH variable. Running viewer in the terminal should then open the viewer application

viewer

If it fails with the “viewer cannot be opened …” warning dialog, the security preferences will have to be updated.

• Go to “System Preferences > Security & Privacy” and select “Allow Anyway”
• Run the viewer again and select “Open” in the “macOS cannot verify…” warning dialog
• Select “Cancel” on the “libtof.dylib cannot be opened…” warning dialog
• Go to “System Preferences > Security & Privacy and select “Allow Anyway”
• Run the viewer again and select “Open” in the “macOS cannot verify…” warning dialog
• Chronoptics ToF viewer should finally launch

To update the PYTHONPATH variable in your zprofile to point to the tof python library run:

echo 'export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/usr/local/lib/python"' >> ~/.zprofile
source ~/.zprofile

If you installed the tof library in a different directory, you will need to update the following variables: