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reply Joel <joelcnz gmail.com> writes:
(see title)
https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/tag/v1.41.0-beta1

I tried homebrew, and that compiles, but doesn't run. (I've 
uninstalled it from there).

I noticed a fix on a recent thread - the latest version 
executable files don't fail.
Sep 22 2025
parent reply kinke <noone nowhere.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 09:40:45 UTC, Joel wrote:

 (see title)
 https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/tag/v1.41.0-beta1

 I tried homebrew, and that compiles, but doesn't run. (I've 
 uninstalled it from there).

 I noticed a fix on a recent thread - the latest version 
 executable files don't fail.


Compatibility with macOS v15.4+ was fixed in v1.41.0 final, see 
the 
[changelog](https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/tag/v1.41.0). And
FWIW, https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc-developers.github.io/blo
/master/LATEST_BETA points to v1.41.0 final (as always whenever there's no
newer beta than the latest final).
Sep 22 2025
parent reply Joel <joelcnz gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 10:28:42 UTC, kinke wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 09:40:45 UTC, Joel wrote:

 (see title)
 https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/tag/v1.41.0-beta1

 I tried homebrew, and that compiles, but doesn't run. (I've 
 uninstalled it from there).




I don't think home brew has the latest version. How do I install 
ldc with out home brew?
Sep 22 2025
next sibling parent Serg Gini <kornburn yandex.ru> writes:
On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 22:34:18 UTC, Joel wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 10:28:42 UTC, kinke wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 09:40:45 UTC, Joel wrote:

 (see title)
 https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/tag/v1.41.0-beta1

 I tried homebrew, and that compiles, but doesn't run. (I've 
 uninstalled it from there).




 I don't think home brew has the latest version. How do I 
 install ldc with out home brew?


There are a plethora of options!

1) Just download archive from GitHub Releases.
Extract it to your favorite folder.
Add this folder to the PATH.
(unlock externally downloaded binary files - specific macOS 
protection)
Done.

2) This is the script from macOS D maintainer - which is 
installing LDC with some common tools into /opt/SDKs. Better to 
remove /opt/SDKs first.

```bash

if [[ ! -d /opt/SDKs ]]; then
     sudo mkdir -p /opt/SDKs/
     sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/SDKs

     curl -o /opt/SDKs/init.sh 
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/LunaTheFoxgirl/60cda49e9fd9b95c837f2d4c09706523/raw/7e9fee07357459dcc55df8de5ae4f40a6d5a34a4/init.sh
     chmod +x /opt/SDKs/init.sh
     echo "source /opt/SDKs/init.sh" | sudo tee -a /etc/profile
fi

echo "Setting up .buildtmp..."
mkdir .buildtmp;
cd .buildtmp


if [[ ! -d /opt/SDKs/ldc2 ]]; then
     echo "Downloading LDC2..."
     mkdir -p /opt/SDKs/ldc2
     curl -L 
https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v1.41.0/ldc2-1.41.0-
sx-universal.tar.xz -o ldc2.tar.xz

     echo "Extracting LDC2..."
     tar xf ldc2.tar.xz

     echo "Installing LDC2...."
     mv ldc2-1.41.0-osx-universal/* /opt/SDKs/ldc2
     export PATH=/opt/SDKs/ldc2/bin:$PATH
     rm -r ldc2*


     echo "Building latest dub from source..."
     git clone https://github.com/dlang/dub
     dub build --root=dub/ --build=release

     echo "Staging dub into /opt/SDKs/ldc2/bin..."
     cp dub/bin/dub /opt/SDKs/ldc2/bin/
fi


echo "Rebuilding serve-d and dcd..."
if [[ ! -d "/opt/SDKs/serve-d" ]]; then
     echo "Install directory not found, creating..."
     mkdir -p /opt/SDKs/serve-d/bin
     mkdir -p /opt/SDKs/dcd/bin
fi

git clone https://github.com/Pure-D/serve-d
git clone https://github.com/dlang-community/DCD

dub build --root=dcd --dest=/opt/SDKs/ --build=release 
--config=client
dub build --root=dcd --dest=/opt/SDKs/ --build=release 
--config=server
dub build --root=serve-d --build=release
cp serve-d/serve-d /opt/SDKs/serve-d/bin/

echo "Cleaning up..."
cd ..
rm -rf .buildtmp

echo "Done!"
```

3) There is also this project 
https://code.dlang.org/packages/ldcup
Sep 23 2025
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Paolo Invernizzi <paolo.invernizzi gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 22:34:18 UTC, Joel wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 10:28:42 UTC, kinke wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 09:40:45 UTC, Joel wrote:

 (see title)
 https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/tag/v1.41.0-beta1

 I tried homebrew, and that compiles, but doesn't run. (I've 
 uninstalled it from there).




 I don't think home brew has the latest version. How do I 
 install ldc with out home brew?


Homebrew has the latest version, and before that the maintainer 
back ported the fix also to prior versions.

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/l/ldc.rb
Sep 23 2025
parent Joel <joelcnz gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 23 September 2025 at 12:55:43 UTC, Paolo Invernizzi 
wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 22:34:18 UTC, Joel wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 10:28:42 UTC, kinke wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 09:40:45 UTC, Joel wrote:

 (see title)
 https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/tag/v1.41.0-beta1

 I tried homebrew, and that compiles, but doesn't run. (I've 
 uninstalled it from there).




 I don't think home brew has the latest version. How do I 
 install ldc with out home brew?


 Homebrew has the latest version, and before that the maintainer 
 back ported the fix also to prior versions.

 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/l/ldc.rb


I'd unistalled brews ldc, and reinstalled ldc, but I get (I'm 
using a Intel machine):

clang: error: invalid Darwin version number: macos15
clang: error: invalid version number in 
'--target=x86_64-apple-macos15'
Error: /usr/bin/cc failed with status: 1
Error ldc2 failed with exit code 1.
Sep 23 2025
prev sibling parent Christian =?UTF-8?B?S8O2c3RsaW4=?= <christian.koestlin gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 22:34:18 UTC, Joel wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 10:28:42 UTC, kinke wrote:

 On Monday, 22 September 2025 at 09:40:45 UTC, Joel wrote:

 (see title)
 https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/tag/v1.41.0-beta1

 I tried homebrew, and that compiles, but doesn't run. (I've 
 uninstalled it from there).




 I don't think home brew has the latest version. How do I 
 install ldc with out home brew?


I really like the installer script on dlang.org:

https://dlang.org/download.html
https://dlang.org/install.html

`curl -fsS https://dlang.org/install.sh | bash -s ldc`

this will install the selected version e.g. into 
$HOME/dlang/ldc-1.42.0.
There will be an activate.{sh,fish} scripts to setup all env 
variables correctly in your shell.
With that you can easily install different versions of the 
toolchain and switch on demand between them.

Kind regards,
Christian
Apr 10