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Linux operating systems ship with their own respective package managers however we will use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) to manage packages on macOS. To install follow the instructions [here](https://docs.brew.sh/Installation).
### Install CastXML
### Install CastXML (pre Nov 2020)
Avalonia requires [CastXML](https://github.com/CastXML/CastXML) for XML processing during the build process. The easiest way to install this is via the operating system's package managers, such as below.
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### Build native libraries (macOS only)
On macOS it is necessary to build and manually install the respective native libraries using [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/). The steps to get this working correctly are:
- (for revisions after 2 Nov 2020) Run `./build.sh GenerateCppHeaders` to generate `avalonia-native.h` from `avn.idl`
- Navigate to the Avalonia/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX folder and open the `Avalonia.Native.OSX.xcodeproj` project
- Build the library via the Product->Build menu. This will generate binaries in your local path under ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Avalonia.Native.OSX-*guid* where "guid" is uniquely generated every time you build.
- Manually install the native library by copying it from the build artifacts folder into the shared dynamic library path:

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