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authorPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2015-07-04 11:21:52 -0500
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Building cryptography on OS X
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-To install the Xcode command line tools on OS X open a terminal window and run:
+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