How to install a C library so that it can be used in Xcode

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Created Oct ’20

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I am an aspiring developer and have not coded for macOS before.

I would like to install libgimp-2.0dev so that I can learn how to write a C plugin for gimp, which I am running in macOS. I can manage installing a library using apt-get in Ubuntu but apt-get doesn't seem to be available in macOS. How would I go about installing this library in macOS so that I can code for it in Xcode?

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OOPer OP

Oct ’20

There are some package managers for macOS: MacPorts, HomeBrew...

I have not tried yet, but you can build and install GIMP from the source and libgimp will also be installed.
Better find one and try.

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Etresoft OP

Oct ’20

How would I go about installing this library in macOS so that I can code for it in Xcode?

Every project, including anything already in a packaging system and/or running on Linux, can be built from source.

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ChasBelov OP

Oct ’20

Alas, MacPorts and HomeBrew don't have libgimp ports, only gimp ports which don't include libgimp. apt-get does as a separate install from gimp itself, but apparently it doesn't run on MacOS.

I'll give downloading the source good and building from that a try.

Thank you.

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