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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 7ab9e5f0b..f8607d4d6 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -245,6 +245,34 @@ Windows: Installing PySide distribution into ``virtual`` Python environment Building PySide on a Mac OS X System ==================================== +Mac OS X is a Unix flavor, partially based upon +`BSD Unix <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution>`_. + +The supported Mac OS X versions created by `Apple <http://www.apple.com/>`_ are + +- OS X 10.6 *Snow Leopard* +- OS X 10.7 *Lion* +- OS X 10.8 *Mountain Lion* +- OS X 10.9 *Mavericks* + +Mac OS X is a proprietary UNIX flavor of BSD Unix and only partially similar to +Linux. Therefore, the usual packages from Linux distributions cannot be used +without modifications. + +There are several known package managers which provide support for Mac OS X, namely + +- `MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/>`_ +- `Fink <http://www.finkproject.org/>`_ +- `Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>`_ + +The main purpose of all of these projects is to provide the missing Linux packages +for Mac OS X. + +Throughout this tutorial, we are only using `Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>`_, because +it appears to be the most light-weight package manager available. + +But it should be easy to translate these instructions for the other, heavier package managers. + Mac OS X: Installing prerequisites ---------------------------------- |