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

Run install (this should install most dependencies):

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

2. Install libsecp256k1

$ brew install autoconf automake libtool coreutils
$ contrib/make_libsecp256k1.sh

3. Run electrum:

$ ./run_electrum