Building C++ bindings in Mac OS X
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Compile-time dependencies -- Mac OS X
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To install dependencies on Mac OS X, we advise using `Homebrew <https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/>`_:

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    brew install maven cmake boost

Unless otherwise configured, this will install binaries into /usr/local/.


How to build -- Mac OS X
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The following commands will generate and build the Bio-Formats C++ bindings:

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    # generate the C++ bindings
    cd components/formats-bsd
    mvn -DskipTests package dependency:copy-dependencies cppwrap:wrap
    
    # compile the C++ bindings
    cd target/cppwrap
    mkdir build
    cd build
    cmake ..
    make