Add unix tools instructions for Mac.

Change-Id: I287d613fbe4180e41de67e26dfb905edeeebcf9d
changes/28/217228/1
Jisi Liu 10 years ago
parent e70329c6c0
commit 581a5266ee
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      README.md

@ -88,6 +88,22 @@ For advanced usage information on configure and make, see INSTALL.txt.
If you only want protobuf-lite, substitute "protobuf-lite" in place
of "protobuf" in these examples.
**Note for Mac users**
For a Mac system, Unix tools are not available by default. You will first need
to install Xcode from the Mac AppStore and then run the following command from
a terminal:
$ sudo xcode-select --install
To install Unix tools, you can install "port" following the instructions at
https://www.macports.org . This will reside in /opt/local/bin/port for most
Mac installations.
$ sudo /opt/local/bin/port install autoconf automake libtool
Then follow the Unix instructions above.
**Note for cross-compiling**
The makefiles normally invoke the protoc executable that they just

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