ref: b31632b51d3dd526ab8612a963030168d4fe4c19
parent: 53842cd07d8ebfb05ce2cba545279ed0cae58210
author: Ben10do <[email protected]>
date: Sun Apr 2 13:57:51 EDT 2017
Update the README’s Mac-specific instructions - Rename the “Installing RGBDS (UNIX)” section to “Building RGBDS”, as that’s what we’re doing, regardless of platform. - Update references of Mac OS X to macOS. - State that only libpng and pkg-config need to be downloaded with Homebrew; the others are pre-installed along with Xcode. - State that RGBDS itself is available through Homebrew.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,14 +12,20 @@
other UNIX tools.
-## Installing RGBDS (UNIX)
+## Building RGBDS
RGBDS requires yacc, flex, libpng and pkg-config to be installed.
-On Mac OS X, install them with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/). On other Unixes,
-use the built-in package manager. For example, on Debian or Ubuntu:
+On macOS, install the latter two with [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/):
```sh
+brew install libpng pkg-config
+```
+
+On other Unixes, use the built-in package manager. For example, on Debian or
+Ubuntu:
+
+```sh
sudo apt-get install byacc flex pkg-config libpng-dev
```
@@ -72,6 +78,22 @@
`BINMODE`: Permissions of the installed binaries. Defaults to `555`.
`MANMODE`: Permissions of the installed manpages. Defaults to `444`.
+
+
+## Installing RGBDS (macOS)
+
+If you would prefer not to build RGBDS yourself, you may also install it using
+[Homebrew](http://brew.sh/). To install the latest release, use:
+
+```sh
+brew install rgbds
+```
+
+To install RGBDS with all of the current changes in development (as seen on
+GitHub), use:
+```sh
+brew install rgbds --HEAD
+```
## Installing RGBDS (Windows)