This are instructions needed to built the atari_atr_tools and atari_exe_tools on Apple macOS using the Alire source based package manager.

Install Alire on Apple macOS #

Download Alire from the Alire website:

The Alire distribution for macOS is just an executable inside a zip file. You can extract the zip to any location you like and add the executable flag to the alr binary.

Build the application #

Start Terminal and change into an directory of your choosing and type the following commands one at a time. Note the directory name contains the version number and hash code of current version and will change with each new release.

bin/alr toolchain --install "gnat"
bin/alr toolchain --install "gprbuild"
bin/alr get "atari_atr_tools"
pushd "atari_atr_tools_1.1.3_1e2cccbb"
  ../bin/alr build --release
popd
bin/alr get "atari_exe_tools"
pushd "atari_exe_tools_1.5.0_cfa98435"
  ../bin/alr build --release
popd

During the build Alire ask up to 4 questions which should be answered with either Y or 1 depending on the type of question. This will build the tool for your machine.

Run the Application #

Both applications support the --help option to show you the available options. Remember to adjust the directory name for newer Versions.

atari_atr_tools #

The finished application is found at ./atari_atr_tools_1.5.0_5ab5b171/bin/atr_tools-main.

atari_exe_tools #

The finished application is found at ./atari_exe_tools_1.5.0_cfa98435/bin/exe_tools-main.