Compiling Zandronum on Mac

Open a terminal and copy and paste the whole code box for each step.

Install dependencies

Zandronum needs certain tools and development files in order to compile:

Required
- Xcode
- CMake
- Mac OS SDK
- SDL2 with SDL 1.2 Compatibility
- GLEW
- FMOD Ex 4.44.64
- Python3 (It Already on the Mac)
- Openssl (for Zandronum 1.3 or later)
- SQLite (for Zandronum 1.3 or later)
- TortoiseHg (needed in order to download the source and compile in commit meta data)
Optional
- Fluidsynth (For Midi Device)
- zlib (Zandronum has a copy of it and will be statically compiled in if not found)
- libbzip2 (possibly static)
- libjpeg (possibly static)
- HomeBrew or Macports (Not recommended for building using M1 or M2 (ARM64) CPU)
- Rosetta 2 (for building X86_64 binaries using M1 or M2 (ARM64) CPU)

There are 3 ways to install Xcode:

Open Terminal and paste this Command:

xcode-select --install

it will pop up this:

Install it (Beware its big so makes sure you got enough space and it takes awhile depending on your internet and drive speed)

Xcode (Click the link. It will go straight to the App Store)

https://developer.apple.com/download/all/ (Sign In is required. it includes Command line Tools as well)

brew install jpeg-turbo fluid-synth openssl sdl2 sdl12-compat

sudo port install jpeg-turbo fluid-synth openssl sdl2 sdl12-compat

Open up the DMG and copy them into Applications (or drag them).

This part is like Linux:

mkdir -pv ~/zandronum_build

Create a Directory like this:

cd  ~/zandronum_build && mkdir -pv sdl_pack

Download SDL2 and SDL 1.2 Compatibility ,extract it and add it in to folder we just added above

Clone it:

git clone https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl12-compat.git && git clone  https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL.git

Click on the CMake app that you added into the applications, It will give you a warning that you downloaded third party app on mac, Just hit OK.