TuT [Tutorial] How to install theos on a Mac

EvillyG00d · September 5, 2016

Updated Tutorial: https://github.com/theos/theos/wiki/Installation

- Introduction
Hello community! This tutorial will show you how to install theos on a Mac. As far as I know this isn't possible on Windows because you'll need tools from Xcode, which is sadly Mac-only. Let's get started!

- Requirements
- Xcode*
- Terminal

*Xcode 5+ is required if you want to compile 64bit. Xcode 5 requires Mountain Lion 10.8.4

- Command-Line Tools
As before, we first need to start by downloading Xcode's command-line tools. To do so, go into Xcode's preferences and select Downloads. From there, click to download the tools:

? Theos
You have the tools! Now launch Terminal, and as root type these commands:

export THEOS=/opt/theos
git clone git://github.com/rpetrich/theos.git $THEOS

This will install rpetrich's theos to /opt/theos. Now install ldid:

git clone git://git.saurik.com/ldid.git
cd ldid
git submodule update --init
./make.sh
cp -f ./ldid $THEOS/bin/ldid

Lastly, go here and download the whole project. Dump all of it in /opt/theos/include. You just installed the headers! Theos complete! But wait, when you run the make package command on your project, Terminal replies that you need dpkg. If you don't care about packaging your projects into happy little debians with a red bow tie, feel free to skip this last part of the tutorial. If you do care, read on.

- Happy Little Debians with a Red Bow Tie
Thought so.

The only thing you'll need to install is MacPorts (see here for downloads). Once installed, open Terminal and type the following as root:

export dpkg=/opt/local/bin
sudo port selfupdate
sudo port install dpkg

- Conclusion
Hope this helps! Thanks to iPhone Dev Wiki and weblogs.java.net. Post below if you have any questions and I will do my best to help you out.

Updated September 5, 2016 by DiDA

Amuyea · February 14, 2015

Great job evilly.

February 14, 2015

What do people use Theos on a mac for?

Rook · February 14, 2015

On 2/14/2015 at 3:53 AM, shmoo said:
What do people use Theos on a mac for?

Same reason why you use theos on iOS

February 14, 2015

On 2/14/2015 at 3:54 AM, DiDA said:
Same reason why you use theos on iOS

Oh ok

February 20, 2015

I cannot thank you enough @@EvillyG00d it works perfectly.

KingRalph · November 3, 2015

I am including the instructions here in an upcoming project

I hope you don't mind

Dannyyy · December 27, 2015

In the part where it says "here" it says that the headers are now deprecated

Any help?

Fred22 · January 8, 2016

If I use Theos on Mac, do I need to use it on my Device too?

Or can I do all from mac and compile it in there and put the .deb file in my device later?

@@DiDA

@@shmoo

Thank you.

Rook · January 8, 2016

On 1/8/2016 at 6:45 PM, Fred22 said:

If I use Theos on Mac, do I need to use it on my Device too?

Or can I do all from mac and compile it in there and put the .deb file in my device later?

@@DiDA

@@shmoo

Thank you.

You can compile on Mac too. You don't need it on your iDevice if you have it on your Mac and yes, you can transfer the compiled deb from a Mac to your iDevice.