From 451abb9d5fc89abf729e8e06b038015ffd896784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: StefanSchippers <69359491+StefanSchippers@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 13:24:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] added notes for MacOS 'Big Sur' builds. --- README_MacOS.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README_MacOS.md b/README_MacOS.md index f57f8d6c..ff0808eb 100644 --- a/README_MacOS.md +++ b/README_MacOS.md @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ we need to specify the X libraries from XQuartz when compiling Tk. Let's use the ## Tcl compilation Extract the Tcl sources and then go to the unix folder: +NOTE: ensure the install directory (/usr/local/opt/tcl-tk) is not already used by official MacOS libraries, if this is the case use another location. This applies for Tk build as well. + ``` cd /unix ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/opt/tcl-tk @@ -49,6 +51,11 @@ make install Same procedure as Tcl, but we need to specificy the Tcl and X libraries paths. XQuartz is installed on /opt/X11 , so we do: +NOTE: before running 'make' inspect the Makefile and ensure the LIB_RUNTIME_DIR is set as follows. Make the correction if not: +``` +LIB_RUNTIME_DIR = $(libdir) +``` + ``` cd /unix ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/opt/tcl-tk \