Building on Mac OS X (tested on MacOs 15.5 Sequoia)

  • install the Xcode command line tools: xcode-select --install
  • install macports (see https://macports.org)

Install Dependencies

port install automake autoconf pkgconfig libsdl libsdl_gfx libsdl_image libsdl_mixer libsdl_ttf lua54 gettext libiconv intltool

Install for Documentation:

port install doxygen graphviz

Build the Game

cd to extracted FDRPG folder

./autogen.sh

./configure CFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib"

NOTE: need the CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to tell make where to find the headers/libs installed with macports.

make
make doc # <—- documentation