Installation issue with MacOS

ROOT
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ROOT Version: 6.36.10
Platform: MacOS Tahoe 26.3
Compiler: Apple clang version 17.0.0

Hello,

I just installed ROOT on my new MacBook using a pre-compiled binary (the one marked as “latest stable”). I tried running a very simple C++ code:

#include <iostream>

#include "TApplication.h"
#include "TCanvas.h"
#include "TF1.h"

int main()
{
    TApplication *app = new TApplication("app", 0, 0);
    TCanvas *c = new TCanvas("c", "plot", 400, 300);
    TF1 *f = new TF1("f", "sin(x)", -5, 5);

    f -> Draw();
    c -> SaveAs("test.png");
    app -> Run();

    return 0;
}

and I get the following error:

cling::DynamicLibraryManager::loadLibrary(): dlopen(/opt/root/lib/libASImage.so, 0x0009): Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib
  Referenced from: <FF6D4CF6-C728-34CF-9BC0-C7B5AEBA785D> /opt/root/lib/libASImage.so
  Reason: tried: '/opt/root/lib/libgif.4.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib' (no such file)
cling::DynamicLibraryManager::loadLibrary(): dlopen(/opt/root/lib/libASImage.so, 0x0009): Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib
  Referenced from: <FF6D4CF6-C728-34CF-9BC0-C7B5AEBA785D> /opt/root/lib/libASImage.so
  Reason: tried: '/opt/root/lib/libgif.4.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib' (no such file), '/opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib' (no such file)

Seems that the ROOT version I installed needs the old libgif.4, which is probably too old to run on my MacBook. Is it possible or did I just download the wrong binary?

Thanks in advance!

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Hi msc,
Welcome to the ROOT forum. Thank you for your post.
Did you use the pkg or tarball version?
Do you also see the issue when you install root with homebrew: brew install root?
Lukas