I believe this to be a bug with Avogadro (although it could be me!)
Environment Information
Avogadro version: Nightly build (Mon 24th Feb 2025)
Operating system and version: MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1
Expected Behavior
Click on the MacOS Nightly build release link and download a dmg file.
Actual Behavior
Clicked on the MacOS Nightly build release link, the file “macOS.dmg.zip” is downloaded (using Chrome) with a file size of 673 bytes. After unzipping, the file AvogadroCPackOptions.cmake becomes available.
Thank you. I was trying to download the Mac Intel nightly build.
I had the official version 1.100 release for Mac installed, but found the selection tool was not working. Thus, I tried downloading a nightly build to see if that worked.
I see, thanks for clarifying. As long as it works most (or at least some) of the time, I’ll come back until I’ve got it (I guess Intel Macs are on the Red List anyway, so this issue will eventually resolve itself by obsolescence…)
@hmsenn I believe the most recent successful macOS build is this one, which appears to be a straightforward DMG without any ZIP compression. Does it work for you?
@ghutchis, is there a workflow or somewhere public I should be looking to learn how the nightlies get extracted from the workflow artifacts?
Also, the nightlies are packaged as .zip archives – wouldn’t it be easier just to match the main releases by providing the .exe, .dmg, .AppImage as direct downloads?
No, the main thing is to update the Mac build script to use a newer OS version, make sure it only builds Intel, and check a bit more carefully if the DMG is built (e.g., loop until that happens).
It’s been on the todo list, but it’s a busy part of the semester.
(I guess Intel Macs are on the Red List anyway, so this issue will eventually resolve itself by obsolescence…)