Options
If you are using MinGW, WSL, or any similar environment, you can follow the Linux instructions, which give you more flexibility.
If you want to install BlocksDS natively, check the instructions here.
If you are using Linux, MinGW, WSL, or any similar environment, follow the instructions here.
The Docker images of BlocksDS can be used in any OS. They require more disk space than the native installation, but they may be needed if a native installation isn’t possible.
Follow the instructions here.
This is the option you should use if you want to help develop BlocksDS, or if you want to always use the cutting edge version of BlocksDS. This is only available in Linux-like environment.
Follow the instructions here.
macOS is not officially supported at this time, as BlocksDS’s development team lacks the hardware necessary to maintain and validate BlocksDS builds for the platform. In addition, the Wonderful toolchain is only officially available on Windows- and Linux-based platforms. For the time being, it should be possible to make use of the Docker images on this platform, as described above. We’re looking for help to add this support, you can see more information here.
As an alternative, the devkitARM toolchain provides active support for macOS, allowing for development of homebrew software on this operation system.