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Installing 32-bit / Universal binaries on Mac
roger levy
Member #2,513
July 2002

I installed Allegro via Homebrew, turns out it isn't universal and there's no --universal option. Can anyone lend assistance? Is there a way for me to obtain 32-bit-compatible binaries without installing Xcode? I'd like to "be in and out" in regards to the Mac port of my game engine RAMEN, since I don't yet own my own Apple computer and I'm borrowing a work computer.

SiegeLord
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October 2006
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Err... Allegro doesn't support any 32 bit OSXs. The minimum version is somewhere around 10.6 and 10.8, and those are 64 bit only.

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roger levy
Member #2,513
July 2002

Oh that is a bit of a problem isn't it. Well I could look into finding a 64 bit host Forth...

How hard would it be for Allegro to gain 32 bit support on Mac?

Chris Katko
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January 2002
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[nvm]

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Peter Hull
Member #1,136
March 2001

It's still possible to build and run 32-bit apps on 64-bit MacOS, though Apple are in the process of phasing them out. I haven't ever tried but I wouldn't contradict SL if he says Allegro is 64-bit only.
Maybe it's time for SwiftForth to step up and embrace the 64 bit world?!

roger levy
Member #2,513
July 2002

Gotta love Apple.

Honestly it probably isn't a big deal if RAMEN doesn't support Mac for awhile. It's not a big gaming market. I should put out my first blockbuster hit first ;)

Forth Inc. the makers of SwiftForth are a very small company with only one developer AFAIK, they make all their money from consulting work and barely have time to improve SwiftForth so personally I doubt that that will ever happen. But who knows.

I'm going to add support for a different Forth one of these days, possibly GForth but I don't know if that's 64-bit. I'd rather use free software. (Which SwiftForth isn't.)

SiegeLord
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October 2006
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It's still possible to build and run 32-bit apps on 64-bit MacOS, though Apple are in the process of phasing them out [developer.apple.com].

Wasn't aware of that. All I meant by my comment is that since Allegro supports OSX 10.6+ only, and 10.6 is 64 bit only (sans the 32 bit caveat above), Allegro is also 64 bit only. One issue is that homebrew doesn't support compiling for 32 bit, so I think the best thing one can do is attempt to compile all the dependencies + Allegro manually.

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