From 677e1a34175e5f73a949c0946a6a9dc168258e46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Janson Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 23:46:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Mac OS install: add Homebrew Cask instructions --- INSTALL.asciidoc | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL.asciidoc b/INSTALL.asciidoc index dfbeee25e..9ec420d99 100644 --- a/INSTALL.asciidoc +++ b/INSTALL.asciidoc @@ -231,14 +231,29 @@ Then <>. On OS X ------- +Prebuilt binary +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + The easiest way to install qutebrowser on OS X is to use the prebuilt `.app` files from the https://github.com/The-Compiler/qutebrowser/releases[release page]. +This binary is also available through the +https://caskroom.github.io/[Homebrew Cask] package manager: + +---- +$ brew cask install qutebrowser +---- + +Manual Install +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Alternatively, you can install the dependencies via a package manager (like http://brew.sh/[Homebrew] or https://www.macports.org/[MacPorts]) and run qutebrowser from source. +==== Homebrew + For Homebrew, a few extra steps are necessary since Homebrew dropped QtWebKit from Qt 5.6 - however, some users reported this didn't work for them, so using the `.app` is strongly encouraged. @@ -255,6 +270,8 @@ $ ln -s /usr/local/opt/qt55 /usr/local/opt/qt5 $ pip3.5 install qutebrowser ---- +==== MacPorts + For MacPorts, run: ----