From a696ae0b0f801303e425f05da411c06e6d9045e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Gudmundsson Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:07:25 +0100 Subject: Fix MacOSX build instructions Remove confusing and obsolete build instructions for Lion. --- HOWTO/INSTALL.md | 43 ++++++++----------------------------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md index 92d6737278..0d5ae3cfbe 100644 --- a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md +++ b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md @@ -680,39 +680,11 @@ If you develop linked-in drivers (shared library) you need to link using include `-fno-common` in `CFLAGS` when compiling. Use `.so` as the library suffix. -Use the `--enable-darwin-64bit` configure flag to build a 64-bit -binaries on Mac OS X. +Install `Xcode` from the `AppStore` if it is not already installed. -Building a fast Erlang VM on Mac OS Lion ----------------------------------------- - -Starting with Xcode 4.2, Apple no longer includes a "real" `gcc` -compiler (not based on the LLVM). Building with `llvm-gcc` or `clang` -will work, but the performance of the Erlang run-time system will not -be the best possible. - -Note that if you have `gcc-4.2` installed and included in `PATH` -(from a previous version of Xcode), `configure` will automatically -make sure that `gcc-4.2` will be used to compile `beam_emu.c` -(the source file most in need of `gcc`). - -If you don't have `gcc-4.2.` and want to build a run-time system with -the best possible performance, do like this: - -Install Xcode from the AppStore if it is not already installed. - -If you have Xcode 4.3, or later, you will also need to download +If you have Xcode 4.3, or later, you will also need to download "Command Line Tools" via the Downloads preference pane in Xcode. -Some tools may still be lacking or out-of-date, we recommend using -[Homebrew](https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation) or -Macports to update those tools. - -Install MacPorts (). Then: - - $ sudo port selfupdate - $ sudo port install gcc45 +universal - ### Building with wxErlang ### If you want to build the `wx` application, you will need to get wxWidgets-3.0 (or later) @@ -720,13 +692,14 @@ If you want to build the `wx` application, you will need to get wxWidgets-3.0 (o or get it from github: $ git clone git@github.com:wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git -Be aware that the wxWidgets-3.0 is a new release of wxWidgets, it is not as matured +Be aware that the wxWidgets-3.0 is a new release of wxWidgets, it is not as matured as the old releases and the MacOsX port still lags behind the other ports. -Configure and build wxWidgets: +Configure and build wxWidgets (on Mavericks - 10.9): - $ ./configure --with-cocoa --prefix=/usr/local - % Optional version and static libs: --with-macosx-version-min=10.9 --disable-shared + $ ./configure --with-cocoa --prefix=/usr/local + or without support for old versions and with static libs + $ ./configure --with-cocoa --prefix=/usr/local --with-macosx-version-min=10.9 --disable-shared $ make $ sudo make install $ export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH @@ -791,7 +764,7 @@ Copyright and License %CopyrightBegin% -Copyright Ericsson AB 1998-2013. All Rights Reserved. +Copyright Ericsson AB 1998-2014. All Rights Reserved. The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in -- cgit v1.2.3