= Mac OS X build instructions =

The Mac OS X port is '''not''' yet completed. These instructions are here for those who wish to help out.

== Prerequisites on Mac OS X ==

 * Mac OS X running on Intel hardware (PowerPC hardware is '''not''' supported).
 * A recent Xcode installation (only the GCC and SDKs are really needed).
 * Some stuff from !MacPorts (http://www.macports.org/)
{{{
sudo port install i386-elf-gcc libidl libsdl subversion libsdl_ttf teTeX doxygen
}}}
   Only i386-elf-gcc (for op.o in src/recompiler), libidl (for the xpcom idl compiler) and libsdl are required. The remainder is optional.
 * xerces and xalan. [[BR]] The xerces and xalan sources we use together with the appropriate kBuild makefiles can be found here: http://virtualbox.org/download/testcase/xerces-and-xalan-vbox-src.tar.bz2 [[BR]] Untar them into the VirtualBox trunk directory.


== Building !VirtualBox ==

 1. Change to the root directory of the sources and execute the configure script: 
{{{
./configure --build-xalan
}}}
    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 configure.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). 
 1. Whenever you want to build !VirtualBox, you have to open a shell and source the generated environment setup script 'env.sh', i.e. do
{{{
. ./env.sh
}}}
 1. To build type 
{{{
kmk
}}}
    The default is to a release build, should you wish to do a ''debug'' or ''profile'' build add {{{BUILD_TYPE=debug}}} or {{{BUILD_TYPE=profile}}} as argument to ''kmk'' or export it as an environment variable in your shell.


== Running !VirtualBox ==

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):
{{{
export VBOX_SUPLIB_FAKE="fake"
}}}
 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:
{{{
./VBoxBFE -m 128 -cdrom /Users/name/Desktop/knoppix-3.7.iso -boot d -natdev1 080286000042
}}}