Changes between Version 44 and Version 45 of Mac OS X build instructions

Timestamp:

Aug 31, 2008 4:21:52 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

bird

Comment:

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Mac OS X build instructions

@@ -27 +27 @@
    http://libsdl.org/download-1.2.php
 
- * Qt/Mac 3.3.8 (optional). [[BR]] Add {{{--disable-qt}}} as argument to {{{configure}}} if missing.
+ * Qt/Mac 4.3.x or 4.4.x. [[BR]] Add {{{--disable-qt}}} as argument to {{{configure}}} if missing.
 
 
@@ -34 +34 @@
  1. Change to the root directory of the sources and execute the configure script: 
 {{{
-./configure --disable-qt
+./configure --disable-hardening
 }}}
     If it finds everything it needs, it will create a file called '!AutoConfig.kmk' containing paths to the various tools on your system. Also, it will create an environment setup script called env.sh. This step only has to be done once (if something changes in your build tool setup, you might have to repeat it but keep in mind that both output files will be overwritten). 
@@ -53 +53 @@
 As mentioned elsewhere, the Mac OS X port of !VirtualBox is work in progress. Things might therefore not work as expected and break at random times.
 
- 1. Load the kernel extension module. This can be found in `out/darwin.x86/release/dist` along with a small script (`load.sh`) to load it. Execute and make sure the module loads successfully. If for some reason, you want to run !VirtualBox without the module, this is how it works (be warned, it will be extremely slow):
+ 1. Load the kernel extension module. This can be found in `out/darwin.x86/release/dist` along with a small script (`load.sh`) to load it. Execute and make sure the module loads successfully. 
+ 2. Enter {{{out/darwin.x86/release/dist/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/}}}.
+ 3. Run {{{./VirtualBox}}}
+
+Alternatively, if you didn't have Qt4 around and there for ./VirtualBox is missing, you can run VBoxBFE like this:
 {{{
-export VBOX_SUPLIB_FAKE="fake"
+./VBoxBFE -m 32
 }}}
- 2. Enter {{{out/darwin.x86/release/dist/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/}}}.
- 3. Run {{{./VBoxBFE -m 32}}}
 
 If you have a knoppix ISO or similar hanging around, you can try start it like this: