[Bug] OpenAL issues on Mac

[jonniedie]

Description

There seems to be an issue during precompilation on a Mac. It is saying that OpenAL_jll does not contain libopenal. I checked by installing OpenAL_jll in a standalone environment and it's showing OpenAL_jll.is_available() is false. Digging further, it looks like Apple has deprecated OpenAL. I tried installing it via openal-soft and then rerunning, but I guess OpenAL_jll doesn't recognize it.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Follow setup instructions (either building from source or with the command). It should fail on the precompile step.

Expected Behavior

Expected precompilation to finish without error.

Actual Behavior

Precompilation errors.

Operating System

macOS

Julia Version

1.12.6

Rendering Backend

Not applicable

GPU

No response

Logs / Screenshots

(OpenReality) pkg> precompile
  ✗ OpenReality
Precompiling packages finished.
  0 dependencies successfully precompiled in 4 seconds. 217 already precompiled.

ERROR: The following 1 direct dependency failed to precompile:

OpenReality

Failed to precompile OpenReality [b08b1914-4d33-46de-8c63-ba029b7f1c5f] to "/Users/jonniediegelman/.julia/compiled/v1.12/OpenReality/jl_Woa8tY".
ERROR: LoadError: UndefVarError: `libopenal` not defined in `OpenAL_jll`
Suggestion: check for spelling errors or missing imports.
Stacktrace:
  [1] getproperty(x::Module, f::Symbol)
    @ Base ./Base_compiler.jl:47
  [2] top-level scope
    @ ~/.openreality/Test/engine/src/audio/openal_backend.jl:29
  [3] include(mapexpr::Function, mod::Module, _path::String)
    @ Base ./Base.jl:307
  [4] top-level scope
    @ ~/.openreality/Test/engine/src/OpenReality.jl:108
  [5] include(mod::Module, _path::String)
    @ Base ./Base.jl:306
  [6] include_package_for_output(pkg::Base.PkgId, input::String, depot_path::Vector{String}, dl_load_path::Vector{String}, load_path::Vector{String}, concrete_deps::Vector{Pair{Base.PkgId, UInt128}}, source::Nothing)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:3028
  [7] top-level scope
    @ stdin:5
  [8] eval(m::Module, e::Any)
    @ Core ./boot.jl:489
  [9] include_string(mapexpr::typeof(identity), mod::Module, code::String, filename::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:2874
 [10] include_string
    @ ./loading.jl:2884 [inlined]
 [11] exec_options(opts::Base.JLOptions)
    @ Base ./client.jl:315
 [12] _start()
    @ Base ./client.jl:550
in expression starting at /Users/jonniediegelman/.openreality/Test/engine/src/audio/openal_backend.jl:29
in expression starting at /Users/jonniediegelman/.openreality/Test/engine/src/OpenReality.jl:1
in expression starting at stdin:

[jonniedie]

I also tried creating a JULIA_OPENAL_LIBRARY environment variable to point to the dylib, but that didn't seem to work either.

[Brandarius]

The version in the project.toml was set to use a version that was Linux only.
It should now automatically determine the OS you are on and point to the dll as long as it is in your system files.
The dll will need to be downloaded separately but give it another try