Issue with root on Mac Sequoia (still?)

Angela · April 22, 2025, 7:53pm

Hello,
I have an issue with the latest root version on my MacBook Pro with M1. I installed the binary 6.34.08.

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| From tags/v6-34-08@v6-34-08 |
| With Apple clang version 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.3) |

Try ‘.help’/‘.?’, ‘.demo’, ‘.license’, ‘.credits’, ‘.quit’/‘.q’

Apple clang version 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.3)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin24.4.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin

I can start root, I can open a TBrowser (web version). But my scripts fail as soon as I try to open a Canvas. I tried older binaries, and I have similar problems. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or if it is a problem with the latest Sequoia. Below is the error message I get

please help

Angela

root [0] TCanvas c=new TCanvas()
cling::DynamicLibraryManager::loadLibrary(): dlopen(/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libASImage.so, 0x0009): Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libASImage.so
Reason: tried: ‘/Applications/root_v6.34.08/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(/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libASImage.so, 0x0009): Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libgif.4.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libASImage.so
Reason: tried: ‘/Applications/root_v6.34.08/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)
Error in TGHScrollBar::TGHScrollBar: arrow_.xpm not found
Error in TGVScrollBar::TGVScrollBar: arrow_*.xpm not found

*** Break *** segmentation violation
[/usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib] _sigtramp (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libGui.so] TGCanvas::Layout() (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libGui.so] TGCanvas::Layout() (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libGui.so] TGCompositeFrame::MapSubwindows() (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libGui.so] TGCompositeFrame::MapSubwindows() (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libGui.so] TRootCanvas::CreateCanvas(char const*) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libGui.so] TRootCanvas::TRootCanvas(TCanvas*, char const*, int, int, unsigned int, unsigned int) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libGui.so] TRootGuiFactory::CreateCanvasImp(TCanvas*, char const*, int, int, unsigned int, unsigned int) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libGpad.so] TCanvas::Constructor(char const*, char const*, int) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libGpad.so] TCanvas::TCanvas(bool) (no debug info)
[] (no debug info)
[] (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCling.so] cling::IncrementalExecutor::runStaticInitializersOnce(cling::Transaction&) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCling.so] cling::Interpreter::executeTransaction(cling::Transaction&) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCling.so] cling::IncrementalParser::commitTransaction(llvm::PointerIntPair<cling::Transaction*, 2u, cling::IncrementalParser::EParseResult, llvm::PointerLikeTypeTraitscling::Transaction*, llvm::PointerIntPairInfo<cling::Transaction*, 2u, llvm::PointerLikeTypeTraitscling::Transaction*>>&, bool) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCling.so] cling::IncrementalParser::Compile(llvm::StringRef, cling::CompilationOptions const&) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCling.so] cling::Interpreter::EvaluateInternal(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits, std::__1::allocator> const&, cling::CompilationOptions, cling::Value*, cling::Transaction**, unsigned long) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCling.so] cling::Interpreter::process(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits, std::__1::allocator> const&, cling::Value*, cling::Transaction**, bool) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCling.so] cling::MetaProcessor::process(llvm::StringRef, cling::Interpreter::CompilationResult&, cling::Value*, bool) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCling.so] HandleInterpreterException(cling::MetaProcessor*, char const*, cling::Interpreter::CompilationResult&, cling::Value*) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCling.so] TCling::ProcessLine(char const*, TInterpreter::EErrorCode*) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libRint.so] TRint::ProcessLineNr(char const*, char const*, int*) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libRint.so] TRint::HandleTermInput() (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCore.so] TUnixSystem::CheckDescriptors() (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCore.so] TMacOSXSystem::DispatchOneEvent(bool) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCore.so] TSystem::InnerLoop() (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCore.so] TSystem::Run() (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libCore.so] TApplication::Run(bool) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libRint.so] TRint::Run(bool) (no debug info)
[/Applications/root_v6.34.08/bin/root.exe] main (no debug info)
[/usr/lib/dyld] start (no debug info)

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Danilo · April 23, 2025, 5:23am

Hi Angela,

Thanks for the post.
Could you please try to install libgif on your system?
We’ll work out something sturdier for the next release, such a clearer error message.

Cheers,
D

Angela · April 23, 2025, 2:14pm

ok, indeed the message is there, but I have never had to install libraries in the past, so I guess this is why I missed. That being said I still cannot run root
I installed libgif using homebrew which is a different version libgif.7.dylib. I made a link libgif.4.dylib’ hoping it would work.
After that I was missing more libraries libjpeg and libtiff. I installed both and then I ended up with a new error message

cling::DynamicLibraryManager::loadLibrary(): dlopen(/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libASImage.so, 0x0009): Symbol not found: AddExtensionBlock
Referenced from: /Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libASImage.so
Expected in: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/giflib/5.2.2/lib/libgif.7.2.0.dylib
cling::DynamicLibraryManager::loadLibrary(): dlopen(/Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libASImage.so, 0x0009): Symbol not found: AddExtensionBlock
Referenced from: /Applications/root_v6.34.08/lib/libASImage.so
Expected in: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/giflib/5.2.2/lib/libgif.7.2.0.dylib
Error in TGHScrollBar::TGHScrollBar: arrow*.xpm not found
Error in TGVScrollBar::TGVScrollBar: arrow*.xpm not found

related, maybe to the wrong version of libgif.

I am not sure if I am doing something wrong, but this is very messy. I looked at the documentation to see if there was any guidance on how to install all the missing libraries, and I did not find anything.

Any advice is greatly appreciated

lbreitwi · April 24, 2025, 5:55pm

Hi Angela,
Thank you for taking the time to report these issues. I can reproduce your error if I install dependencies with brew.

@couet: How is libgif installed on our mac build machines?

couet · April 25, 2025, 8:13am

The build machines do not use brew at all. External packages are mostly installed using macport.

Angela · April 27, 2025, 2:38pm

hi all,
Thank you so much for looking into this. I installed giflib and tiff using MacPorts, and everything seems to work. Thank you!

I am usually a MacPorts user, but a few months ago, I installed some packages for quick testing with Homebrew, which stuck with me for some reason. I should not even have both, people say they do not coexist well.

Anyways, if MacPorts and these dependencies are needed, perhaps mentioning it in the documentation would be nice.

Thank you

Angela

cxwx1 · April 28, 2025, 5:08am

I’ve install giflib and tiff using homebrew,
new TCanvas OK,
new TBrowser cause

*** Break *** segmentation violation
[/usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib] _sigtramp (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libASImage.so] TASImage::GetPixmap() (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libGui.so] TGPicturePool::GetPicture(char const*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libGuiHtml.so] TGHtmlBrowser::TGHtmlBrowser(char const*, TGWindow const*, unsigned int, unsigned int) (no debug info)
[<unknown binary>] (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::IncrementalExecutor::executeWrapper(llvm::StringRef, cling::Value*) const (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::Interpreter::RunFunction(clang::FunctionDecl const*, cling::Value*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::Interpreter::EvaluateInternal(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>> const&, cling::CompilationOptions, cling::Value*, cling::Transaction**, unsigned long) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::Interpreter::process(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>> const&, cling::Value*, cling::Transaction**, bool) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::MetaProcessor::process(llvm::StringRef, cling::Interpreter::CompilationResult&, cling::Value*, bool) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] HandleInterpreterException(cling::MetaProcessor*, char const*, cling::Interpreter::CompilationResult&, cling::Value*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] TCling::ProcessLine(char const*, TInterpreter::EErrorCode*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCore.so] TROOT::ProcessLine(char const*, int*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libGui.so] TRootBrowser::ExecPlugin(char const*, char const*, char const*, int, int) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libGui.so] TRootBrowser::InitPlugins(char const*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libGui.so] TRootBrowser::TRootBrowser(TBrowser*, char const*, unsigned int, unsigned int, char const*, bool) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libGui.so] TRootBrowser::NewBrowser(TBrowser*, char const*, unsigned int, unsigned int, char const*) (no debug info)
[<unknown binary>] (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libGui.so] long TPluginHandler::ExecPluginImpl<TBrowser*, char const*, unsigned int, unsigned int, char const*>(TBrowser* const&, char const* const&, unsigned int const&, unsigned int const&, char const* const&) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libGui.so] TRootGuiFactory::CreateBrowserImp(TBrowser*, char const*, unsigned int, unsigned int, char const*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCore.so] TBrowser::TBrowser(char const*, char const*, TBrowserImp*, char const*) (no debug info)
[<unknown binary>] (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::IncrementalExecutor::executeWrapper(llvm::StringRef, cling::Value*) const (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::Interpreter::RunFunction(clang::FunctionDecl const*, cling::Value*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::Interpreter::EvaluateInternal(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>> const&, cling::CompilationOptions, cling::Value*, cling::Transaction**, unsigned long) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::Interpreter::process(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>> const&, cling::Value*, cling::Transaction**, bool) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] cling::MetaProcessor::process(llvm::StringRef, cling::Interpreter::CompilationResult&, cling::Value*, bool) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] HandleInterpreterException(cling::MetaProcessor*, char const*, cling::Interpreter::CompilationResult&, cling::Value*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCling.so] TCling::ProcessLine(char const*, TInterpreter::EErrorCode*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libRint.so] TRint::ProcessLineNr(char const*, char const*, int*) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libRint.so] TRint::HandleTermInput() (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCore.so] TUnixSystem::CheckDescriptors() (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCore.so] TMacOSXSystem::DispatchOneEvent(bool) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCore.so] TSystem::InnerLoop() (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCore.so] TSystem::Run() (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libCore.so] TApplication::Run(bool) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/lib/libRint.so] TRint::Run(bool) (no debug info)
[/Users/chenxu/software/ROOT/install/bin/root.exe] main (no debug info)
[/usr/lib/dyld] start (no debug info)

can any one determine the position of bug?

cxwx1 · April 28, 2025, 6:54am

using builtin_gif

new TBrowser works

system · May 12, 2025, 6:55am

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