Instructions for building qemu on macOS

qemu-macos-build.txt

install the dependencies as seen on the brew formulae here: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/qemu.rb
export LIBRARY_PATH=/tmp/anjan/libs
export CPATH=/tmp/anjan/libs
LDFLAGS=-L/tmp/anjan/libs/lib
CPPFLAGS=-I/tmp/anjan/libs/include
./configure
make install

## Cp out the shared library objects the qemu binary is linked to
otool -L /tmp/anjan/qemu/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 | grep homebrew | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -t -I % cp % /tmp/anjan/qemu/libs/

## Change the path of the dylibs in the qemu-system-* binary
otool -L /tmp/anjan/qemu/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 | grep homebrew | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -t -I % sh -c 'install_name_tool -change % /tmp/anjan/qemu/libs/$(basename %) /tmp/anjan/qemu/bin/qemu-system-x86_64'


## Build gettext
$ ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --disable-debug --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --with-included-glib --with-included-libcroco --with-included-libunistring --with-included-libxml --with-emacs --with-lispdir=/tmp/anjan/libs/share/emacs/site-lisp/gettext --disable-java --disable-csharp --without-git --without-cvs --without-xz --with-included-gettext

## Build libffi
$ ./configure --disable-debug --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --libdir=/tmp/anjan/libs/lib
$ make install

## Build PCRE
## "--enable-jit" if MacOS.version >= :sierra && !Hardware::CPU.arm?
$ ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-utf8 --enable-pcre8 --enable-pcre16 --enable-pcre32 --enable-unicode-properties --enable-pcregrep-libz --enable-pcregrep-libbz2 --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs
$ make; make test; make install

## Build glib (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/formula-patches/43467fd8dfc0e8954892ecc08fab131242dca025/glib/hardcoded-paths.diff)
$ mkdir build; cd build
$ meson --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --libdir=/tmp/anjan/libs/lib --buildtype=release --wrap-mode=nofallback --default-library=both --localstatedir=/var -Diconv=auto -Dgio_module_dir=/tmp/anjan/libs/lib/gio/modules -Dbsymbolic_functions=false -Ddtrace=false ..
$ ninja -v
$ ninja install -v
$ #need to rewrite some python #! inside /tmp/anjan/libs/bin/(file *)

## Build jpeg
$ ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs
$ make install

## Build libpng
$ ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs
$ make; make test; make install

## Build libslirp (still linking to glib from homebrew, see pkg-config modifications needed
## std_meson_args = --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --libdir=/tmp/anjan/libs/lib --buildtype=release --wrap-mode=nofallback
$ meson build -Ddefault_library=both --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --libdir=/tmp/anjan/libs/lib --buildtype=release --wrap-mode=nofallback
$ ninja -C build install all

## Build libusb
$ ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs
$ make install

## Build lzo
$ ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --enable-shared
$ make; make check; make install

## Build gmp (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/gmp.rb) (depends on kernel major version)
## std_configure_args = --disable-debug --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --libdir=/tmp/anjan/libs/lib
$ ./configure --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --libdir=/tmp/anjan/libs/lib --enable-cxx --with-pic --build=aarch64-apple-darwin21
$ make; make check; make install

## Build nettle
$ ./configure --build=aarch64-apple-darwin21 --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --enable-shared
$ make; make check; make install

## Build pixman
$ wget --content-disposition https://cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.40.0.tar.gz
$ ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-gtk --disable-silent-rules --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs
$ make install

## Build snappy (cmake)
## cmake std args = -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/anjan/libs -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/tmp/anjan/libs/lib -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -Wno-dev -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF

$ wget https://github.com/google/snappy/archive/1.1.9.tar.gz
$ cmake . -DSNAPPY_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DSNAPPY_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/anjan/libs -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/tmp/anjan/libs/lib -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -Wno-dev -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
$ make install

## Build vde
## sourceforge download
$ ./configure --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs/ --disable-python
$ make install

## gnutls
$ ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --prefix=/tmp/anjan/libs --sysconfdir=/tmp/anjan/libs/etc --with-default-trust-store-file=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/ca-certificates/2022-04-26/share/ca-certificates/cacert.pem --disable-heartbeat-support --with-p11-kit --with-included-unistring


=== tough nuts ===
## Build libssh

## Build libncurses

admin@admins-Virtual-Machine qemu-macos-build % brew list
==> Formulae
autoconf	gcc		isl		libunistring	meson		[email protected]	readline	wget
automake	gdbm		libidn2		libyaml		mpdecimal	pkg-config	ruby		xz
ca-certificates	gettext		libmpc		m4		mpfr		[email protected]	ruby-build	zstd
cmake		gmp		libtool		make		ninja		rbenv		sqlite