Build instructions using macOS 15 (Sequoia)

Install Homebrew:

• Run command in Terminal:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Tip

Installing Brew via the command above will automatically install the Xcode Command Line Tools. If for some reason you need to do this manually, run xcode-select —install via the Terminal app.

Install newer Python version:

• Run command in Terminal:

brew install python

Install Qt 6:

brew install qt@6

Once Qt has been installed properly, you should set a couple environment variables (please modify according to the real installation paths):

export QTDIR=$(brew --prefix)/opt/qt@6
export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$QTDIR/plugins

Please note that QT_PLUGIN_PATH is required to be able to run Companion from your build directory without having to build a DMG package first.

Install ARM toolchain

Download and install ARM GCC from here (installs in /Applications/ARM/):

• If you are running Intel Mac: https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu/14.2.rel1/binrel/arm-gnu-toolchain-14.2.rel1-darwin-x86_64-arm-none-eabi.pkg
• If you are running Mac Silicon (i.e. M1-M4): https://developer.arm.com/-/media/Files/downloads/gnu/14.2.rel1/binrel/arm-gnu-toolchain-14.2.rel1-darwin-arm64-arm-none-eabi.pkg

Please note that this installation takes care of allowing the downloaded binaries to be run and prevents them being quarantined. If you choose to install the bz2 archive to another location, you will have to take care of that yourself (see https://disable-gatekeeper.github.io/ for more details).

Install various dependencies

• With brew in a Terminal:

brew install sdl cmake

If you plan to run the standalone simulator for debugging:

brew install --cask quartz

• Install Python dependencies: TODO: use uv and venv for this due to Python managed environment changes

pip3 install Pillow clang lz4 jinja2

Compile EdgeTX

• Checkout code

git clone --recursive https://github.com/EdgeTX/edgetx.git

• Switch into the source directory:

cd edgetx

• Create build directory and configure build using cmake:

mkdir -p build

cd build

cmake -DPCB=X10 -DPCBREV=TX16S \
   -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$QTDIR \
   -DARM_TOOLCHAIN_DIR=/Applications/ArmGNUToolchain/14.2.Rel1/arm-none-eabi/bin/ \
   -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(brew --prefix)/bin/python3 ..

Note

Please note that the variables CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH, ARM_TOOLCHAIN_DIR and PYTHON_EXECUTABLE must be specified additionally to what is described in the other compilation HowTos:

• CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: this must point to your Qt installation path.
• ARM_TOOLCHAIN_DIR: this must point to where ARM GCC has been installed (and MUST contain / at the end).
• PYTHON_EXECUTABLE: this allows overriding Python installed as part of MacOS.

Then build as usual (-j4 to use 4 CPU cores):

make -j4 firmware

Notes on compiling simulator plug-ins

When compiling simulator plug-ins (using make libsimulator with the target properly configured), the product of this compilation will be a .dylib stored in your build directory. If you want the Companion or Simulator apps to be able to use it, you will need to copy it manually into the respective directories. Here is how it should look with a couple of plug-ins copied:

% ls -l companion.app/Contents/MacOS/         
total 411976
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff  27908864 Jan  7 11:48 companion
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff  57089384 Jan  7 11:22 libedgetx-nv14-simulator.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff  61167768 Jan  7 08:44 libedgetx-tx16s-simulator.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff  60327272 Jan  5 12:48 libedgetx-x10express-simulator.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff   1849768 Dec 26 08:56 libedgetx-x9d+-simulator.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff   1881224 Dec 31 16:44 libedgetx-zorro-simulator.dylib

% ls -l simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/ 
total 392616
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff  57089384 Jan  7 11:22 libedgetx-nv14-simulator.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff  61168056 Jan  5 11:52 libedgetx-tx16s-simulator.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff  60327272 Jan  5 12:34 libedgetx-x10express-simulator.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 etx  staff  21732144 Jan  7 11:48 simulator

Notes on possible error while trying to run build-companion.sh

If you encounter this error:

CPack: - Install project: EdgeTX []
CMake Error at /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.27.7/share/cmake/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake:458 (message):
  otool -l failed: 1

  error:
  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/otool-classic:
  can't open file: @rpath/libsharpyuv.0.dylib (No such file or directory)

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.27.7/share/cmake/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake:527 (get_item_rpaths)
  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.27.7/share/cmake/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake:614 (set_bundle_key_values)
  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.27.7/share/cmake/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake:933 (get_bundle_keys)
  /Users/jean-christophedreyfus/Documents/edgetx/build/native/companion/src/cmake_install.cmake:180 (fixup_bundle)
  /Users/jean-christophedreyfus/Documents/edgetx/build/native/cmake_install.cmake:43 (include)


CPack Error: Error when generating package: companion
make: *** [package] Error 1

It can be fixed by entering the following command at terminal:

install_name_tool -change "@rpath/libsharpyuv.0.dylib" "$(brew --prefix)/lib/libsharpyuv.0.dylib" "$(brew --prefix)/lib/libwebp.7.dylib" && codesign --force -s - "$(brew --prefix)/lib/libwebp.7.dylib"