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section: get-started/macos
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# Open Terminal
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# Building from source
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Open a command-line terminal on your machine.
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The provided build script will build the entire libimobiledevice stack with the least
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amount of external dependencies for macOS. Make sure to have Xcode Command Line Tools
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installed. It will build the latest code of every single libimobiledevice sub-project.
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# Installation
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Open a terminal and type the following commands. During the process you will be asked
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for your user password which has the purpose of allowing the installation of the built
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libraries and tools to **/usr/local/lib** and **/usr/local/bin** via sudo.
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```shell-session
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$ mkdir -p limd-build
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$ cd limd-build
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$ curl -Ls -o limd-build-macos.sh https://is.gd/limdmacos
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$ bash ./limd-build-macos.sh
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```
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The script can be reviewed [here](https://gist.github.com/nikias/84c79469a1d0f16ff95250f0d51858c3).

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