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I have been chasing my tail for a couple of days now, so much so, confusion reigns.
I have downloaded the nanoVNA saver to my mac to a seperate folder called nanovna.folder .
I open the zip file and it creates a folder named the same as the zip and in the folder get a list of files that, because I am not a rocket scientist, cannot do anything with. (appears to be full of installation files with an underscore preceding the filenames)
I guessed I had to open terminal and run 'chmod +x nanovna-saver' it said no such folder.
after many hours of not even getting past this stage, I have deleted the lot and hopefully someone can provide step by step instructions (without missing points that may seem trivial)
I am using Catalina V10.15.6

First I think you must have Xcode installed and the 'command line tools'. I can't verify this cause Im not going to remove it !

1. In 'Terminal' open a new window. shell->new window->basic
Ignore the 'update your account to use zsh' or you will regret it.
2. Download the latest release from
This is on the right of the main page under Releases. It looks like:
NanoVNASaver.macos-latest.zip
3. Drag the zip to your desktop.
4. Select between the semicolans here:
'shasum -a256 '
copy and paste or drag n drop with the mouse to the terminal window. Don't miss the space after the 6
5. Drag n drop the NanoVNASaver.macos-latest.zip icon into the terminal window, click in the terminal window and hit return.
6. Note the long number and be sure some of it matches the SHA256sums on the download page.
7. Double click the zip to open.
8. Back in terminal type 'cd ' without the semi's but with a space to change to directory
9. Drag the unzipped folder you created to the terminal, it should fill in the name, then hit return.
Check that you are in the correct directory by 'pwd' (print working directory) or 'ls' to get a list of the files in the current directory.

10. Now you can copy 'chmod +x nanovna-saver' and hit return in the terminal.
11. And 'xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine' and hit return.

12. Now either type ./nanovna-saver or ./na followed by tab key to have it auto filled and hit return or back in the folder on the desktop double click nanovna-saver like a normal mac app.

Mike,

Thanks for very easy to understand instructions. I have the Saver installed on my shack computer (Linux), and want to put it on my Mac Book to take into the field.


73

de KEoZUW - John

On 8/1/20 6:21 PM, John Nicholas wrote:

Mike,
Thanks for very easy to understand instructions. I have the Saver installed on my shack computer (Linux), and want to put it on my Mac Book to take into the field.

I followed the instructions at github




for the Macports version and it worked with no problems on Mojave.

de KEoZUW - John

On Aug 1, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Mike Runyan via groups.io <therunya

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1. In 'Terminal' open a new window. shell->new window->basic

Jim,
I have both the Macports and the Github versions. Just thought the other might be easier for a non programer.

John,
Were you able to get it going? Did you have to install Xcode?

Mike,

I may get the opportunity to get it going this afternoon or evening. Life intervenes in the best laid plans ….

JN

I followed your plan to install nanovna-saver on an imac running high sierra 10.13.6. Installation ran with no errors but when I tried to run from terminal. got the following error (see attachment),
Will this version only run on catalina?

I am having the same frustration as David. I got nanoVNAsaver.macos.zip.webloc on my MAC (running Mojave) from Github and can do nothing else. In Terminal, nothing suggested returns anything other than "command not found." I am old enough that any help such as "just use python" or "go DL nanoVNAsaver.py" mean nothing to me... Thanks1

On 8/23/21 8:49 AM, Andrew Kurtz via groups.io wrote:

I am having the same frustration as David. I got nanoVNAsaver.macos.zip.webloc on my MAC (running Mojave) from Github and can do nothing else. In Terminal, nothing suggested returns anything other than "command not found." I am old enough that any help such as "just use python" or "go DL nanoVNAsaver.py" mean nothing to me... Thanks1

I feel your pain - the nanovna-saver.py needs a bunch of libraries, which may or may not have been installed, and in a place where they can be found.


I'd start with checking if you have Python3...

sample, in a terminal window:

jimlux$ python3
Python 3.8.6 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Oct? 7 2020, 18:42:56)
[Clang 10.0.1 ] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

quit()

jimlux$


quit() is how you exit from the python interpreter.


If that works - find the directory where you put nanovna-saver. In a terminal window, change to that directory, then enter the command

???? python3 nanovna-saver.py

And see what happens.. If you get error messages, post them here.