.. comment SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0

.. comment: Copyright (c) 2016 Chris Johns <chrisj@rtems.org>
.. comment: All rights reserved.

.. _macos:

Apple OS X
==========

Apple's OS X is fully supported. You need to download and install a recent
version of the Apple developer application Xcode. Xocde is available in the App
Store. Make sure you install the Command Line Tools add on available for
download within Xcode and once installed open a Terminal shell and enter the
command ``cc`` and accept the license agreement.

The normal prefix when working on OS X as a user is under your home directory.
Prefixes of :file:`$HOME/development/rtems` or :file:`$HOME/rtems` are
suitable.

:ref:`prefixes` details using Prefixes to manage the installation.