On all three GitHub pages (KStars, INDI and INDI-3rdParty) there is a very complete list of dependencies that need to be installed before trying to build the sources. Are you sure you followed those?
This is the first time that you mention that you are working on a Mac. The instructions you have been following are for Ubuntu Linux specifically. Rob Lancaster has set up a GitHub project to build KStars (including INDI) on Mac. See
Well that would make a big difference, I didn't realise there were different options.
It ran for about 30 mins, but alas still an error
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/chris/AstroRoot/craft-root/download/svn-src/libs/netpbm/config.mk.in'
Craft stopped with out completing