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Andrew Williams graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2003 with a bachelor's degree, with honors, in computer science. After university, he went to work as a software engineer and has gained over 15 years of commercial software development experience across a variety of programming languages, including Java, C, Objective-C, and Go. Andrew has spent many years working as a CTO with many early-stage and growing software start-ups. He has been a core developer in large open source projects, including Enlightenment, EFL, and Maven, as well as involved in maintaining various community websites and tutorials. Andrew's passion for building tools and services that make software development simpler led him to start authoring books on the subject.
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Manually installing compilers

Installing compilers and toolchains is complex, but this appendix will attempt to guide you through the main steps. This approach is sometimes preferred by developers who want to manage every single detail of their computer. It may also be easier if your computer has previously been used for C development and creating native apps for multiple platforms.

Preparing to build for a different target varies, depending on the system you want to compile for. We'll start by looking at macOS, before exploring Windows and Linux afterward. It is not necessary to follow these steps to build mobile apps since we installed these tools in Appendix B: Installing Mobile Build Tools.

Cross compiling for macOS

When cross compiling for macOS, it's necessary to install the Software Development Kit (SDK) from Apple, as well as a suitable compiler. The instructions for Windows (using MSYS2, as described in Appendix A, Developer Tool Installation) and Linux...

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Andrew Williams graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2003 with a bachelor's degree, with honors, in computer science. After university, he went to work as a software engineer and has gained over 15 years of commercial software development experience across a variety of programming languages, including Java, C, Objective-C, and Go. Andrew has spent many years working as a CTO with many early-stage and growing software start-ups. He has been a core developer in large open source projects, including Enlightenment, EFL, and Maven, as well as involved in maintaining various community websites and tutorials. Andrew's passion for building tools and services that make software development simpler led him to start authoring books on the subject.
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