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Building AVRDUDE for macOS

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mcuee edited this page Dec 2, 2022 · 38 revisions

Prerequisites

On macOS, you can normally install AVRDUDE through MacPorts (port install avrdude) or Homebrew (brew install avrdude).

The following things are needed to build AVRDUDE on MacOS:

  • A C compiler; either full XCode, or the XCode Command Line tools
  • cmake, hidapi, libftdi1, libusb, libelf

The following two build systems are supported.

  1. Homebrew
  2. MacPorts

Build Instructions without GNU Readline (using macOS bundled libedit) -- recommended

To build AVRDUDE for macOS using MacPorts, run the following commands:

port install cmake hidapi libftdi1 libusb libelf
git clone https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude
cd avrdude
cmake -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS=-I/opt/local/include -D CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -B build_macos
cmake --build build_macos

To build AVRDUDE for macOS using Homebrew for macOS Intel, run the following commands:

brew install cmake hidapi libftdi libusb libelf
git clone https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude
cd avrdude
cmake -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -D CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -B build_macos
cmake --build build_macos

To build AVRDUDE for macOS using Homebrew for macOS Apple Silicon, run the following commands for macOS Intel:

brew install cmake hidapi libftdi libusb libelf
git clone https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude
cd avrdude
cmake -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS=-I/opt/homebrew/include -D CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-L/opt/homebrew/Cellar -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -B build_macos
cmake --build build_macos

Build Instructions with GNU Readline

macOS ships libedit which is a replacement of GNU Readline. As of Dec 2022, with the various fixes in place, libedit is considered as good enough for macOS for the purpose of avrdude, GNU Readline is not required.

In case you still prefer to use GNU Readline, you can follow the instructions below.

Homebrew:

brew install cmake hidapi libftdi libusb libelf
git clone https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude
cd avrdude
(for macOS Intel)
cmake -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -D CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar -D HAVE_LIBREADLINE:FILEPATH=/usr/local/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.dylib -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -B build_macos
(for macOS Apple Silicon) 
cmake -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS=-I/opt/homebrew/include -D CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-L/opt/homebrew/Cellar -D HAVE_LIBREADLINE:FILEPATH=/opt/homebrew/opt/readline/lib/libreadline.dylib -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -B build_macos 
cmake --build build_macos

MacPorts:

port install cmake hidapi libftdi1 libusb libelf readline
git clone https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude
cd avrdude
cmake -D CMAKE_C_FLAGS=-I/opt/local/include -D CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -B build_macos
cmake --build build_macos

Installation

To install a local build on your system for MacPorts, run the following commands:

sudo cmake --build build_macos --target install
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