Contents 1 Introduction 2 Install From Pre-built Binary 3 Install from MacPorts 3.1 Prepare Mac OS X 3.2 Install MacPorts 4 Install from Source

IntroductionEdit

This page describes how to get Freeciv running on Mac OS X using the easier pre-built methods. For building from source, see Build-MacOSX

• Originially written for freeciv 2.0.4 running on Mac OS X 10.3 Panther.
• Freeciv also works well under 10.4 Tiger (Freeciv 2.1.12)
• Earlier versions (e.g. 10.2 Jaguar) are not supported.
  • Binaries compiled for Panther will execute well on a Tiger system, while the opposite isn't true due to kernel level differences between the two versions.

Install From Pre-built BinaryEdit

This is the easiest way to get up and running.

• Install Apple's X11. This is on CD 3 or DVD 2 of Mac OS X Panther, or DVD 1 of Mac OS X Tiger. If you for some reason does not have access to Mac OS X install discs, some versions of X11 can be downloaded from Apple's developer site, or http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki .
  • If this install package for x11 from apple doesn't work (i/e already updated alert), download the packages at http://idt.lcc.gatech.edu/~cmartin9/files/X11Tiger.zip. Run x11SDK.pkg first, then the x11user.pkg to install x11. Once this is done, run a Software Update and X11 should be listed there. This will complete the installation of X11. This is for all the people having trouble running freeciv x11 builds on the PPC chipset.

• Download the .dmg file from downloads.
• Mount the disk image by double-clicking on it, if it is not already mounted.
• Copy the top-level folder inside the mounted disk image to your hard disk.
• Unmount the disk image.
• See the Read Me.rtfd file for more information.

Note that recent packages do not run on Panther. Either download an earlier package from more distributions, or attempt an install from source as detailled in Build-MacOSX.

Install from MacPortsEdit

Prepare Mac OS XEdit

• Install X11 and X11 SDK components. Both are available on your Mac OS X CD. However, X11 itself is also available as a download (Panther compatable download here) from Apple.
• Install Xcode 1.2, 1.5 (For Panther), 2.0 (For Tiger) or 3.0 (For Leopard)

Install MacPortsEdit

% sudo port install freeciv-x11

or! if that command is filled with large quanities of suck and fail... tr
y:

% sudo port install freeciv

Install from SourceEdit

This subject is complex enough that it has moved to its own page Build-MacOSX.