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Fluid Topics Publisher (ftpub)

Category
Technical Notes
Audience
public
Version
Latest

It is possible to run ftpub 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.

    1. If the chip is an Apple chip, select the Attachments button, and download the version of ftpub ending with darwin-arm64.
    2. If the chip is an Intel chip, select the Attachments button, and download the version of ftpub ending with darwin-amd64.
  2. Open a terminal window, and go to the directory where ftpub is.

  3. Run the following command to add the rights required to run the program:

    chmod +x ftpub
    
  4. Open the System Settings, and go to Privacy & Security.

    Under Security, a message says: "ftpub" was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.

  5. Select Open Anyway.

  6. Run the following command to display the help tool:

    ./ftpub --help
    

    Replace ftpub by the full name of the file.

  7. Move ftpub to the /usr/local/bin directory.

    It is then possible to run ftpub from anywhere in the terminal without specifying the full path.