Step 2 – Download and Install the SDL version of MAMEĭownload SDLMAME – SDLMAME is a cross-platform version of MAME and a precompiled Mac version can be found on the “ MAME/MESS for Mac OS X” page where you will find precompiled 32- and 64-bit versions. It will ask you password (admin) and it will then install the SDL framework correctly. Sudo cp -r /Volumes /SDL /SDL.framework /Library /Frameworks /

I’ve been using El Capitan (Mac OS X 10.11) beta for a few days now and noticed that installing the SDL framework does not work with simple drag and drop, however, through Terminal (“ Applications” “ Terminal“) it does work.įirst mount the DMG (double click) and then open Terminal and type: Your Mac will ask for authentication, and you will need to enter your password.Įl Capitan (10.11) – Or how to use Terminal to install SDL Now drag the file “SDL.framework” from the DMG to the “/Library/Frameworks” directory you just opened.

Next open the Finder and go to “/Library/Frameworks” (from the Finder menu: “ Go” “ Go to folder“, enter “ /Library/Frameworks” and click “ Go“). To install the SDL library (framework) we will need to copy the “ SDL.framework” file of the mounted DMG into the “ /Library/Frameworks” directory.įirst, double click the DMG file, so it gets mounted. For games and emulators we do need this, so we need to install SDL.Īt the time that I’m writing this article, SDL 2.0 is already available, but MAME isn’t compatible with that just yet. SDL, Simple Directmedia Layer, is a framework or library that allows cross-platform development of applications that need low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL or Direct3D. The following steps will do all this just in more detail … Step 1 – Download and Install the SDL framework

Double click mand in the MAME folder (or mand for 32 bit).

Install the SDL Framework (copy SDL.framework to /Library/Frameworks).

Download and Extract the Package from Tweaking 4All (above).

For the impatient, like myself at times, here the very short version:

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