An almost self-contained bash script that builds sioyek from scratch on macOS

build_sioyek.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

export QT_VERSION=6.9.2

set -e

COLOR='\033[1;32m'
NC='\033[0m' # No Color

log() {
  echo -e "${COLOR}#" $@ "${NC}"
}

WD=$(mktemp -d)
log "Working in: $WD"
cd $WD

log "Install dependencies"
brew install --quiet freeglut mesa harfbuzz

log "Cloning source code"
git clone --quiet -b development --recurse-submodules -j8 https://github.com/ahrm/sioyek.git .

TARGET=$(sw_vers -productVersion | cut -d. -f1)
log "macOS target: $TARGET"
log "Modifying build script to use new target"
sed -Ei '' "s/QMAKE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET.=.[0-9]+/QMAKE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = $TARGET/" pdf_viewer_build_config.pro

log "Making python virtual environment in directory venv"
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

log "Installing aqtinstall"
pip install aqtinstall

log "Installing qt $QT_VERSION with all modules"
aqt install-qt mac desktop $QT_VERSION clang_64 -m all

log "Deactivating venv"
deactivate

log "Defining QT-related environment variables"
export Qt6_DIR=$PWD/$QT_VERSION/macos/
export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/$QT_VERSION/macos/plugins
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PWD/$QT_VERSION/macos/lib/pkgconfig
export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=$PWD/$QT_VERSION/macos/qml
export PATH="$PWD/$QT_VERSION/macos/bin:$PATH"

THREADS=$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
log "Starting the building process with $THREADS parallel threads"
env MAKE_PARALLEL=$THREADS ./build_mac.sh

log "Extracting build artifact into /tmp/sioyek.app"
mv build/sioyek.app /tmp/sioyek.app
log "Signing app package"
sudo codesign --force --sign - --deep /tmp/sioyek.app

log "Remove all source code and intermediary objects"
cd /tmp
rm -rf $WD

This fails on Tahoe due to ld: framework 'AGL' not found. Perhaps we want to use a newer qt version.
https://forum.qt.io/topic/163262/ld-framework-agl-not-found-on-macos-tahoe

...
ld: framework 'AGL' not found
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [sioyek.app/Contents/MacOS/sioyek] Error 1

I'm testing with 6.9.2 and and looks like it's linking right. I'll update the script. Thank you!