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kovidgoyal · 11-11-2011, 10:50 AM

Setting up an OS X build environment takes literally days of work for calibre. If you want to build calibre from source, run linux. I have absolutely zero interest in documenting build procedures for platforms that go out of their way to make building things difficult.

CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM provides a zero friction method of running calibre from source. Use it.

@fab672000: You do not need calibre-debug, as long as you have correctly set CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM, you can just run calibre normally. But if you do want it, on OS X, you need to install the command line tools via Preferences->Miscellaneous. A step that is clearly stated in the docs: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/deve...nt-environment

@KevinH: The provided sources are fully buildable if you know a lot about the OS and python and a couple of dozen other things and are willing to to spend a couple of days doing it.

11-11-2011, 10:50 AM	#15
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,455 Karma: 27757438 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Setting up an OS X build environment takes literally days of work for calibre. If you want to build calibre from source, run linux. I have absolutely zero interest in documenting build procedures for platforms that go out of their way to make building things difficult. CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM provides a zero friction method of running calibre from source. Use it. @fab672000: You do not need calibre-debug, as long as you have correctly set CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM, you can just run calibre normally. But if you do want it, on OS X, you need to install the command line tools via Preferences->Miscellaneous. A step that is clearly stated in the docs: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/deve...nt-environment @KevinH: The provided sources are fully buildable if you know a lot about the OS and python and a couple of dozen other things and are willing to to spend a couple of days doing it. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 11-11-2011 at 11:34 AM.