NOTE - this guide is still in the early development and testing phase. Use at your own risk!

Table of Contents:

• Installation via .dmg.dmg Installation
• Compile from Source Code

Visit Crossfire Client macOS Build page for the latest .dmg release of the Client.

Follow these steps to compile the Crossfire client on macOS.

Ensure that the Xcode Command Line Tools are installed, as they provide essential compilers and build tools.

xcode-select --install

Homebrew is a package manager for macOS that simplifies the installation of software.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

The Crossfire client depends on several libraries. Use Homebrew to install them:

brew install gtk+3
brew install libpng
brew install gettext
brew install cmake

Download the source code from the official repository:

git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/crossfire/crossfire-client

Change (cd) to the client source code directory:

cd crossfire-client

Set up the build environment using CMake:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..

Build the client using the `make` command:

make

After a successful build, install the client:

sudo make install

Launch the Crossfire client:

crossfire-client-gtk2

• XQuartz Installation: If you encounter issues related to X11 during the build or runtime, consider installing XQuartz, which provides the X11 environment for macOS.

brew install xquartz