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How to compile GTKWave for Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3 Macs)
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How to compile GTKWave for Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3 Macs)

Based on this tutorial for the M1 Mac, find below a step-by-step guide on how to compile GTKWave from scratch for the M3 MacBook (Pro). See my LinkedIn post with the short announcement here.

Note: it is a prerequisite to have HomeBrew installed (find installation instructions at site).

Steps

1. Install required Homebrew packages

brew install gtk+3 gtk-mac-integration tcl-tk desktop-file-utils meson cmake pango libffi zlib expat shared-mime-info

2. Set linker, compiler and package environment variables

export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/include"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/homebrew/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/homebrew/opt/zlib/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/homebrew/opt/gtk+3/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/homebrew/opt/expat/lib/pkgconfig"

3. Build, compile and install GTKWave

git clone "[email protected]:gtkwave/gtkwave.git"
cd gtkwave
meson setup build -Dintrospection=false
meson compile -C build
meson install -C build

4. Run GTKWave!

gtkwave
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@Kurumiiw happy to hear, enjoy!

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