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====== Preparation ====== | ====== Preparation ====== | ||
- | Install XCode, either from your OS media or by [[https://developer.apple.com/xcode/|downloading it]] from Apple. You should also install git, the source control system used by Twister, which can be done either by installing the UI application [[https://mac.github.com/|GitHub]] (OS X 10.7+ only) or [[https://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/|Git for OS X]]. You can also install git using the same tools as will be used for the rest of these instructions, Homebrew or Macports. | + | Install Xcode, either from your OS media or by [[https://developer.apple.com/xcode/|downloading it]] from Apple. You should also install git, the source control system used by Twister, which can be done either by installing the GUI application [[https://desktop.github.com/|GitHub Desktop]] or [[https://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/|Git for OS X]]. You can also install git using the same tools as will be used for the rest of these instructions, Homebrew or Macports. |
- | Both [[http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/|Homebrew]] and [[https://www.macports.org/|Macports]] are package control systems for accessing and installing many different unix tools on Mac. Which to use is a matter of personal preference. | + | Both [[http://brew.sh/|Homebrew]] and [[https://www.macports.org/|Macports]] are package control systems for accessing and installing many different Unix tools on Mac. Which to use is a matter of personal preference. |
Twister has been compiled successfully on Mavericks as well as on Snow Leopard. On the latter a few other tools used by the build system (like automake) are outdated, however, they can be updated through Homebrew or Macports as well if the need arises. | Twister has been compiled successfully on Mavericks as well as on Snow Leopard. On the latter a few other tools used by the build system (like automake) are outdated, however, they can be updated through Homebrew or Macports as well if the need arises. |