Build on macOS
Generic instructions for building Friction on macOS.
macOS Monterey (12) or newer recommended, will also build on macOS 10.15 and 11.
Only tested on Intel (x86_64), Apple silicon (M series) status is unknown.
Xcode
Open a new terminal using Terminal.app.
Then launch the command:
xcode-select --install
MacPorts
Go to macports.org and download for your macOS version and follow the “installing MacPorts” instructions.
Required packages
Open a new terminal using Terminal.app.
Then launch the command:
sudo port install qt5-qtbase qt5-qttools qt5-qtmultimedia qt5-qtdeclarative qscintilla-qt5 ffmpeg4 pkgconfig ninja
Python
Install and/or make sure python and python3 point both at Python3:
- In a terminal launch the command:
which python
And:
which python3
So, create a link to point python to python3:
sudo ln -s /opt/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
Get Source
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/friction2d/friction
Build
Create the build folder:
mkdir build
cd build
Configure:
cmake -G Ninja \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-DQSCINTILLA_INCLUDE_DIRS=/opt/local/libexec/qt5/include \
-DQSCINTILLA_LIBRARIES_DIRS=/opt/local/libexec/qt5/lib \
-DQSCINTILLA_LIBRARIES=qscintilla2_qt5 \
..
Now build:
cmake --build . --config Release
Run
Executable .app file is available in src/app/friction.
Optionally you could launch Friction with the terminal and get some debug messages (Build with Debug for more info etc):
src/app/friction.app/Contents/MacOS/friction
