README.Mac.md

Instructions for building on Mac

Installing via Homebrew

This will download the latest release of cyclone-bootstrap, compile it from source, install it, and then use it to compile cyclone from source and install that.

1. Follow the instructions at https://brew.sh/ to install the homebrew package manager.
2. Run the following commands:

• brew tap cyclone-scheme/cyclone
• brew install cyclone-scheme/cyclone/cyclone-bootstrap

Compiling from source

Install Homebrew, tools, and dependencies.

1. Follow the instructions at https://brew.sh/ to install the homebrew package manager.
2. Run the following commands:

• brew install git gcc libtool
• brew install libtommath ck

Build and install cyclone-bootstrap

Run the following commands:

1. git clone https://github.com/justinethier/cyclone-bootstrap.git
2. cd cyclone-bootstrap
3. make
4. make install
5. make test

You will have cyclone and icyc executables generated in the local directory and installed in /usr/local/bin!