README_macos.md

Running Electrum from source on macOS (development version)

Prerequisites

• brew
• python3
• git

Main steps

1. Check out the code from GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum.git
$ cd electrum
$ git submodule update --init

2. Prepare for compiling libsecp256k1

To be able to build the electrum-ecc package from source (which is pulled in when installing Electrum in the next step), you need:

$ brew install autoconf automake libtool coreutils

3. Install Electrum

Run install (this should install the dependencies):

$ python3 -m pip install --user -e ".[gui,crypto]"

4. Run electrum:

$ ./run_electrum