[Tutorial] install psptoolchain and PSPSDK in OS X(10.11.2)

[Hob0dan1]

Before all, this is my first post. I hope it's in the right section. Sorry if there are any mistakes!

Hello, this is a “Tutorial” on how to install the psptoolchain and pspsdk on Mac(OS X 10.11.2). I’m doing this because when I decided to install and prepare everything for developing Homebrew for the psp I had lots of trouble with the toolchain and sdk.

Some knowledge of Bash would be great and also being comfortable with the Terminal.

First off we need a couple of things before we can start with the installation of the toolchain and sdk.


Part I
Main Software needed:
Xcode -> you can get it at the App Store.

Command Line Tools -> you can get it from the developer apple website.

MacPorts -> https://www.macports.org/install.php, follow instructions on the Quickstart section(The top one). Download the appropriate one and install it. After installing MacPorts remember to add it to your paths file. This can be done by:
* Opening a terminal Window
* Typing:

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sudo nano /etc/paths

* Add this line to the bottom of the file:

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/opt/local/bin

* CTRL + X
* It will ask you if to save changes, type:

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y

* It will ask for the file name, just click Enter
* Close Terminal and reopen, type “port” to see if the changes were made.(Without double quotes)

Git -> you can get it through MacPorts (sudo port install git-core) or by going to the official git website, I think there is pkg or something, I always compile from source.

Part II
Installing the dependencies needed.

Using Git we will clone the repo from pspdev.

I recommend making a temporary folder for the builds,
Open terminal and type:

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mkdir tempPSP

This will create the “temporary” folder
Then we cd to it:

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cd tempPSP

After we’re in the folder, we clone the repo:

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git clone https://github.com/pspdev/psptoolchain.git

After that’s all done, we can start to download all the software needed to build it.
Go into psptoolchain folder by typing on terminal:

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cd psptoolchain

In the folder there should a file called “prepare-mac-os.sh”, you can see the files in terminal by typing:

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ls

We will run it by typing in terminal:

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sudo ./prepare-mac-os.sh

If it gives you an error saying: Warning: The Xcode Command Line Tools don't appear to be installed; most ports will likely fail to build.
Just close and reopen terminal and type:

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xcode-select --install

After that’s done, retype in terminal:

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sudo ./prepare-mac-os.sh

This will install some stuff we need, it can take some time.

After that’s done, let’s do some modifications to some scripts and patch a certain file.

Go to the root of psptoolchain folder using terminal and open the file “toolchain.sh”, I recommend using VIM or nano, or some text editor.
Delete lines 14 and 15 and save the file.
Now let’s do manually what those lines were doing, on terminal type:

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mkdir -p build

Then cd to it:

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cd build

Now things might get a little weird,

The gdb(GNU Debugger) that is used doesn’t quite work out of the box with OS X but there is patch. So we need to patch it manually.

After you’re in the build folder we must download the gdb by typing:

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wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gdb/gdb-7.3.1.tar.bz2

After its downloaded extract it and cd to folder where our file to be patch is located.
To extract type:

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tar jxf gdb-7.3.1.tar.bz2

Type:

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cd gdb-7.3.1/gdb/tui

Now let’s download the patch:

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wget https://trac.macports.org/raw-attachment/ticket/46291/0005-tui-Unkown-function.patch

Now let’s rename it so its not so long(the name), type:

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mv 0005-tui-Unkown-function.patch tui-io.patch

After this is done, let’s actually patch the file by doing:

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patch < tui-io.patch

It will ask which file we want to patch, type:

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tui-io.c

After it patches, lets delete the patch file by doing:

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rm -rf tui-io.patch

Now lets move three directories back, type:

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 cd ../../../

Lets delete the downloaded gdb, by typing:

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rm -rf gdb-7.3.1.tar.bz2

And we compress the gdb folder with the patched file, by typing:

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sudo tar -cvjSf gdb-7.3.1.tar.bz2 *

Lets delete the folder now, type:

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rm -rf gdb-7.3.1

Part III
More dependencies.

First is automake-1.9
We can now be in any folder and type in terminal:

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wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.9.tar.bz2

Extract it by typing:

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tar jxf automake-1.9.tar.bz2

Then cd to it:

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cd automake-1.9

Now lets configure it, type:

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./configure

After its done, type:

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make

And to finally install it:

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sudo make install

Another dependency is cmake, just type:

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sudo port install cmake

Another dependency is sdl, just type:

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sudo port install libsdl

Another dependency is doxygen, type:

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sudo port install doxygen

Now we should be ready. Go to the psptoolchain folder.

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sudo ./toolchain-sudo.sh

Let it work its magic, this process can take some time aprox ~ 30-40 minutes, depending on your specs.

If everything went well(or at least it tried), it should say:
Remember to add /usr/local/pspdev/bin to your path…

So let’s go ahead and do that,
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cd && clear

Now type:

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sudo nano /etc/paths

Write

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/usr/local/pspdev/bin

at the end of the file but without the double quotes.
CTRL + X , it will ask if you want to save just type: y
And when prompted for the file name and location just click Enter.

That will add the path for the binaries.
Now let’s add the path for the PSPSDK itself,

This next part is if you’re using the bash shell. In my case I’m using Z shell (zsh) so the file changes, depends on the shell etc..

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sudo nano ~/.bash_profile

Now type at any part of the file:

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export PSPSDK="/usr/local/pspdev/psp/sdk" #SDK for psp

Then CTRL + X, it will ask if to save type: y
Then press Enter for file name and location.

This should export the path for the pspsdk.
After everything is done you can delete de tempPSP folder:

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rm -rf tempPSP

Remember to close and reopen all your terminals windows before compiling!

Now we’re ready to start compiling!
I’ve tested this by doing a simple hello world and everything went good.
There are a couple of tutorials for C in PSP and such. Just do a couple of searches.

Happy Coding!

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[borsuq]

Thanks for detailed tutorial. It still fails at compilation (OS X 10.11, XCode 7.3) of gcc (

with following error:

xgcc: error: addsf3: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [addsf3.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
xgcc: error: subsf3: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [subsf3.o] Error 1

Any ideas come to mind?

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