Ok thanks for your help. I will attempt to use the conda approach. On Sun, 1 Sep 2019 at 03:27, Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris -- to follow up to your question also, we intend for contributors > to build from source using the CMake configuration directly. We have found > that conda is the easiest and most reliable way to manage the dependencies > for C++ and Python contributors across all platforms. If you follow the > Python contribution guide and something doesn't work please let us know so > we can work with you to fix. > > Wes > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 9:18 AM Uwe L. Korn <uw...@xhochy.com> wrote: > > > Hello Chris, > > > > as a contributor, it is often simpler to use conda to construct a local > > development environment as outlined in > > https://arrow.apache.org/docs/developers/python.html#using-conda > > This is the typical environment most contributors work in. Even when not > > using conda as a package/environment manager elsewhere, I would recommend > > to use it to setup your Arrow build environment as this is the way most > > developers do. Thus it will be easier to help you and this is the setup > we > > (try to) maintain best. > > > > Cheers > > Uwe > > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2019, at 3:48 PM, Chris Teoh wrote: > > > Does this approach fit with potentially a contributor's workflow? I was > > > looking into contributing though I'm unsure if I am doing it right. > > > > > > On Sat, 31 Aug 2019 at 22:22, Jeroen Ooms <jeroeno...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 4:48 AM Chris Teoh <chris.t...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > That being said, is there an easier way by using a Docker > container I > > > > could > > > > > use to build this in? > > > > > > > > An easy way to install arrow on MacOS is using homebrew. To get a > > > > precompiled version of the latest release: > > > > > > > > brew install apache-arrow > > > > > > > > Or to build the master branch from source: > > > > > > > > brew install apache-arrow --HEAD > > > > > > > > If you want to customize the configuration use "brew edit > > > > apache-arrow" before building from source. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Chris > > > > > > -- Chris
