mac-toolchain-build

mac-toolchain-build is a Bash script for downloading and building common macOS toolchain components.

Requirements

• macOS/Darwin
• Xcode and Command Line Tools for Xcode

Installation

Copy mac-toolchain-build to a directory in your PATH such as /usr/local/bin and make it executable.

Usage

The basic syntax is:

mac-toolchain-build [-f | --force] [-j # | --jobs #] [install-dir]

Where:

• -f, --force force installation even if adequate versions of tools are installed
• -j, --jobs number of concurrent build jobs to run, default: 0 (automatic)

Default installation directory is /usr/local.

Following successful building of the toolchain components, the script provides instructions for adding the output binaries directory to your PATH.

Full usage:

mac-toolchain-build --help

Components

• autoconf
• automake
• cmake
• libtool
• m4
• meson
• nasm
• ninja
• openssl
• pkg-config

Display components list with version information:

mac-toolchain-build --list

License

Copyright 2024 Bradley Sepos Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.