Mac Mini for AArch64 Compiler Development

[Luna]

On Thursday, 14 August 2025 at 07:52:59 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 8/13/2025 11:18 PM, Luna wrote:
>> On Thursday, 14 August 2025 at 05:12:19 UTC, Walter Bright 
>> wrote:
>>> Thanks! I got git installed.
>>>
>>> It took me a while to get ssh and its utilities installed. 
>>> The google instructions were wrong, of course. I am baffled 
>>> why such a basic utility is not included by Apple.
>>>
>>> I also installed the Mac version of dmd. All of the 
>>> executables in it promptly seg fault. And yes, I also 
>>> installed Rosetta and verified its installation. I have no 
>>> idea what's going on here.
>> 
>> Bug in druntime that was fixed recently. Shouldn’t be an issue 
>> on nightly.
>
> Thank you. The main download needs to be replace immediately.

I highly recommend installing the Xcode command line tools 
instead of relying on third party packages for stuff like git and 
co. Apple doesn’t ship dev tools by default and you have to 
explicitly install them.

`xcode-select --install`

Should install the compiler toolchains and all the Apple dev tools

Additionally I recommend running
`sudo spctl --master-disable` which allows you to run unsigned 
software; after running the command you can enable unsigned 
software in the system settings