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How To Install K40Whisperer On Mac
John Cabrer's Excellent Tutorial On K40Whisperer For Mac
John Cabrer has written up the process for getting K40 Whisperer running on MacOS X. He sent a copy to Scorch, so it should make it into the README sometime soon, but here is is:
There are various dependencies needed to run K40 Whisperer successfully on MacOS X. This guide is a comprehensive step-by-step to installing all needed dependencies and addresses some small issues. All typed commands begin with $ and must be issued from the terminal.
Contents
Install homebrew for package management
Homebrew is a package manager for MacOS X which greatly simplifies installation of open source software, like inkscape, from source code.
$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/…/install)"
Install Inkscape from compiled source
$ brew tap homebrew/cask
$ brew cask install xquartz
(Enter your account password)
$ brew cask install inkscape
Install libusb for communication with the controller
$ brew install libusb
Install Python 27
$ brew install python@2
$ pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
$ cd /path/to/the/k40/directory
(you have to use the ACTUAL path. Usually ~/Downloads/k40wisperer…)
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
Run K40 Whisperer
$ sudo python k40_whisperer.py
