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How to build and install the Mono libgdiplus.dll on a Mac with Homebrew (update: no longer needed, see comments)
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mac-libgdiplus.sh
#!/bin/bash
# First install XQuartz, then...
brew install freetype fontconfig libpng
ln -s /opt/X11/include/X11 /usr/local/include/X11
git clone [email protected]:mono/libgdiplus
cd libgdiplus
./autogen.sh
make install
@hariharankanakaraja
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Solution for M1 Macbook pro

  1. HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew reinstall mono-libgdiplus
  2. sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/opt/mono-libgdiplus/lib/libgdiplus.dylib /usr/local/lib/liblibgdiplus

now works fine.

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WPCJATH commented Feb 26, 2023

Solution for M1 Macbook pro

  1. HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew reinstall mono-libgdiplus
  2. sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/opt/mono-libgdiplus/lib/libgdiplus.dylib /usr/local/lib/liblibgdiplus

now works fine.

@hariharankanakaraja Thanks man! You saved my time. I have trapped here for 2 days since the compatibility of ARM Macs really suck.

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Solution for M1 Macbook pro

  1. HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew reinstall mono-libgdiplus
  2. sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/opt/mono-libgdiplus/lib/libgdiplus.dylib /usr/local/lib/liblibgdiplus

now works fine.

Thanks! You saved me man

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