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diff --git a/README.MacOS b/README.MacOS index ac6f604..2640cea 100644 --- a/README.MacOS +++ b/README.MacOS @@ -2,49 +2,32 @@ Requirements: ------------- 1. Xcode (for the compiler and build tools) -2. A recent version of Qt with carbon support (this allows building Intel and -PPC versions - I'm using qt-mac-carbon-opensource-4.7.1.dmg) +2. A version of Qt 4. I use HomeBrew to grab the latest version, + presently Qt 4.8.6. Installing in HomeBrew is as easy as + brew install qt Building Quackle: ----------------- -Unpack the source code. Edit these 3 files: +Clone the repo. Use qmake to build quackle.pro and quackleio/quackleio.pro: -1. quackle.pro -2. quackleio/quackleio.pro -3. quacker/quacker.pro + qmake quackle.pro && make + cd quackleio && qmake && make && cd .. -In each of these files, find the CONFIG variable, and append the string "x86 -ppc" to it. This instructs the compiler to create binaries for both -architectures. Also make sure that CONFIG contains "release" and not "debug". -You don't want to distribute a binary which still has debug symbols in it. +Then make an Xcode project for quacker using qmake. -rename the file "quacker.pro" to "Quackle.pro". This is a cosmetic change. It -results in the application being called "Quackle" rather than "quacker". + cd quacker && qmake -spec macx-xcode && cd .. + +You can now open the project in Xcode, build and run as usual. -Now start with the top-level directory. Run "qmake -spec macx-g++" in it, -followed by "make". Repeat these steps in the "quackleio" and then the -"quacker" directories. Now you will have an OSX application bundle called -"Quackle.app" in the "quacker" directory. This bundle contains a fat binary, -with code for both architectures. Creating a self-contained bundle: --------------------------------- -First, copy the "data" directory from the top-level directory into the bundle: - -cp -pR ../data Quackle.app/Contents - -Next, copy the icon from an existing Quackle.app bundle into this new one: -select the old Quackle application, press CMD-I, click on the icon and press -CMD-C to copy it. Then select the new application bundle, press CMD-I to open -its properties, click on the blank icon area on the top, and press CMD-V to -paste the icon. - -Finally, you need to insert the Qt frameworks into this bundle, so that it can +You need to insert the Qt frameworks into this bundle, so that it can run stand-alone, without any dependencies. You do that by running: /Developer/Tools/Qt/macdeployqt Quackle.app -dmg This will create a file, Quackle.dmg, containing the application bundle. You -can now distribute this. It should run on OSX 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6. +can now distribute this. It should run on OSX 10.8 and later. |