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Building on macOS

macOS builds can be created using the Meson buildsystem, compiled using the Clang or GCC compilers, and provided with dependencies using the Homebrew or MacPorts package managers.

We recommend using Homebrew and Clang, because Apple's Core SDKs can be used only with Apple's fork of Clang compiler.

Install Dependencies under macOS

Before installing either Homebrew or MacPorts, the Apple's Xcode tools need to be installed and the license agreed to:

Xcode Installation

  1. Install the command line tools: xcode-select --install and accept the license agreement

  2. Install software updates: Apple menu > System Preferences > Software Update > "Updates are available: command line tools for Xcode" Click Update Now to proceed.

  3. Install build dependencies using either Homebrew or MacPorts.

Install dependencies (Homebrew)

  1. Install Homebrew: https://brew.sh.

  2. Install dependencies and related tools:

    brew install cmake ccache meson libpng sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_net opusfile \
     fluid-synth libslirp pkg-config python3 speexdsp

  3. Add brew to your shell path:

    echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> "$HOME"/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

Install dependencies (MacPorts)

  1. Install MacPorts: https://www.macports.org/install.php

  2. Install dependencies and related tools:

    sudo port -q install cmake ccache meson libpng libsdl2 \
          libsdl2_image libsdl2_net opusfile fluidsynth libslirp \
          pkgconfig python310 speexdsp

Build

Once you have depenendcies installed using either environment, clone and enter the repository's directory:

cd
mkdir -p src
cd src
git clone https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging.git
cd dosbox-staging
meson setup build
meson compile -C build

See more build options in BUILD.md.

Permissions and Running

  1. Allow the terminal to get keyboard events, which will let you launch dosbox from the command line.

    In System Settings > Privacy > Input Monitoring > Terminal (enable)

  2. Launch DOSBox Staging:

    cd src/dosbox-staging/
./build/dosbox