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Fluid Topics Publisher (ftpub)

Category
Technical Notes
Audience
public
Version
Latest

It is possible to run the ftpub tool on a machine running macOS as follows:

  1. Open the Apple menu, select About This Mac, and take note of the model of the chip.
  2. Select the Attachments button:

    1. If the chip is an Apple chip, download the version of ftpub ending with darwin-arm64.
    2. If the chip is an Intel chip, download the version of ftpub ending with darwin-amd64.
  3. Rename the downloaded file to ftpub.

  4. In the terminal, go to the directory where the ftpub tool is located using the cd command.
  5. Run chmod +x ftpub to add the rights required to install the .exe file.
  6. Open the System Settings and go to Privacy & Security.
  7. Under Security, a message says: "ftpub" was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.
  8. Select Open Anyway.
  9. Run ./ftpub --help to display the help tool.
  10. Move ftpub to the usr/local/bin directory.