Programming Howto: Install Prerequisites on Non-Windows Platforms
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Homebrew
Homebrew is a package manager for mac and linux that we will be using to install several items. You may also use another package manager if you have one that you prefer. Install it using the terminal window with
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Follow the instructions in the terminal to finish the installation.
Now check to make sure that it was installed correctly with
brew --version
SVN
SVN is used to checkout the source code repository. Install it with
brew install Subversion
Now check to make sure that it was installed correctly with
svn --version
Qt6
Qt is used to render to BCI2000 windows. Qt version 6 is the only version that is supported on Non-Windows Platforms. Install it with
brew install qt@6
Now check to make sure that it was installed correctly with
brew list qt6
If it is installed correctly, it will list the places where it has files. If it is not installed, it will give an error.
CMake
CMake is used to customize BCI2000 builds. Install it with
brew install cmake
Now check to make sure that it was install correctly with
cmake --version