mac-civ5-mod-enable
Updates the Steam version of Sid Meier's Civilization 5 on the Mac to enable mods and installs any subscribed Steam mods.
As a bonus it performs the SQLite vacuum maintenance on all of the game's user data DBs.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Install
- Install Homebrew -- The missing package manager for macOS
- Install
p7zip
:brew install p7zip
- Add the TimidRobot "tap" and install dullaplan:
brew tap TimidRobot/tap brew install civ-5-mod-enable
Alternatively, since civ5-mod-enable.sh
is a bash script without esoteric
dependencies, you can simply download it and ensure it is in your PATH
.
Usage
Usage: civ5-mod-enable.sh [ -P ]
civ5-mod-enable.sh -h
Updates Mac Civ5 to enable mods and installs subscribed Steam mods.
Options:
-h show this help message and exit
-P Purge existing mods before extracting Steam mod
Troubleshooting
The script can also be run with the -P
option to purge existing mods and
the Civ5 Mods Database (Civ5ModsDatabase.db
):
civ5-mod-enable.sh -P
Requirements
- macOS which comes with Terminal
- Civilization V via Steam
- Mac Homebrew
License
LICENSE
(Expat/MIT License)