stevehjohn/AoC

Beginner dotnet Mac OS install intstructions?

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dps commented

This looks really awesome, but I couldn't get it to work as a total dotnet on Mac newbie - might you be able to write some quick instructions on how to get started (either how to run the precompiled release image or how to build from source).

FWIW what I'm running into is errors building like:

'/opt/homebrew/Cellar/dotnet/8.0.0/libexec/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/8.0.0/FreeImage' (no such file)

I have tried brew install freeimage

dps commented

tbc, I'm talking about how to run the game, not the solutions -- thanks much!

stevehjohn commented

Ah, yep. I'll update the README.md file.

In the meantime, this should hopefully fix it for you:

  • brew install freeimage
  • mkdir /usr/local/lib (this folder may already exist, in which case this step is not needed).
  • sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/Cellar/freeimage/3.18.0/lib/libfreeimage.dylib /usr/local/lib/libfreeimage
  • brew install freetype
  • sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib /usr/local/lib/libfreetype6

Please let me know if this fixes it for you, I want people to be able to easily enjoy the game.

Thanks,

Steve.

stevehjohn commented

Have updated the README.md file.

stevehjohn commented

Have also uploaded a new release that allows scaling of the window in a settings file. Details in the README linked previously.

stevehjohn commented

Have added a script to hopefully automate the dependency install. Details here: https://github.com/stevehjohn/AoC/tree/master/AoC.Games#other-dependencies-for-macos

dps commented

Thanks! I got it to work, but not by following the script exactly - I ended up having to create symlinks in different directories:

 sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/Cellar/freeimage/3.18.0/lib/libfreeimage.dylib /opt/homebrew/Cellar/dotnet/8.0.0/libexec/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/8.0.0/FreeImage.dylib
 sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib /opt/homebrew/Cellar/dotnet/8.0.0/libexec/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/8.0.0/freetype6

^ this worked, the /usr/local/lib/ symlinks did not, even with export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

stevehjohn commented

Great, glad you got it working.