No Shit Talks. Let’s begin.

Step 1: Download the snapshot builds

Download the macos-clang-arm64.tar.gz file here https://artifacts.sfml-dev.org/by-branch/master/ and unzip it. You’ll see an ugly folder name, that’s okay.

Step 2: Copy files

cd into that ugly-named folder and run the following commands.

$ sudo cp -r *.framework /Library/Frameworks
$ sudo cp -r ./lib/*.framework /Library/Frameworks
$ sudo cp -r ./lib/*.dylib /usr/local/lib
$ sudo cp -r ./include/SFML /usr/local/include
$ sudo chown -R <you username>:staff /Library/Frameworks
$ sudo chown -R <you username>:staff /usr/local/lib
$ sudo chown -R <you username>:staff /usr/local/include
$ sudo chmod g+rwx -R /Library/Frameworks
$ sudo chmod g+rwx -R /usr/local/lib
$ sudo chmod g+rwx -R /usr/local/include

You’ll see an Operation not Permitted refers to the iTunes related one. Ignore it.

Remember to change <your username>, including the two angle brackets.

Here are the folders I have in /Library/Frameworks, /usr/local/lib, and /usr/local/include, respectively:

Step 3: Test Scripts

Create a main.cpp file and add the following code. It’s a little different from the examples you see in the official documents.

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
int main() {
  sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(sf::Vector2u(200, 200)), "SFML works!");
  sf::CircleShape shape(100.f);
  shape.setFillColor(sf::Color::Green);
  while (window.isOpen()) {
    sf::Event event;
    while (window.pollEvent(event)) {
      if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed) {
        window.close();
      }
    }
    window.clear();
    window.draw(shape);
    window.display();
  }
  return 0;
}

Note the sf::Vector2u. Discussion here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72426626/trouble-creating-an-sfml-window. Source code: https://github.com/SFML/SFML/blob/master/include/SFML/Window/VideoMode.hpp#L62

Then run

$ g++ -std=c++17 -c main.cpp -I/usr/local/include
$ g++ main.o -o sfml -lsfml-network -lsfml-audio -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system

If you see the same window, here we go.

References

https://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=28484.0
https://artifacts.sfml-dev.org/by-branch/master/
https://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.5/start-osx.php