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authorAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2015-07-04 12:59:30 -0400
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2015-07-04 12:59:30 -0400
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Merge pull request #2109 from reaperhulk/doc-osx-install
add some documentation around the requirement for xcode cli tools on mac
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-rw-r--r--docs/spelling_wordlist.txt1
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 1c25ff78..96e1e8de 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -125,8 +125,23 @@ You'll also need to generate your own ``openssl.ld`` file. For example::
You should replace the version string on the first line as appropriate for your
build.
+Building cryptography on OS X
+-----------------------------
+
+Building cryptography requires the presence of a C compiler and development
+headers. On OS X this is typically provided by Apple's Xcode development tools.
+To install the Xcode command line tools on open a terminal window and run:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ $ xcode-select --install
+
+This will install a compiler (clang) along with the required development
+headers. If you wish to compile against a more recent OpenSSL than the
+version shipped with OS X see the next section.
+
Using your own OpenSSL on OS X
-------------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To link cryptography against a custom version of OpenSSL you'll need to set
``ARCHFLAGS``, ``LDFLAGS``, and ``CFLAGS``. OpenSSL can be installed via
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 235e08d4..1eed7c7a 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ unpadded
unpadding
Verisign
wildcard
+Xcode