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As of now, only two architectures are relevant for macOS operating systems:

• arm64 (apple silicon)
• x86_64 (intel)

In order to compile capstone for these architectures, we proceed as follows:

git clone https://github.com/capstone-engine/capstone.git

cd capstone

mkdir build && cd build

cmake -DCAPSTONE_ARCHITECTURE_DEFAULT=OFF -DCAPSTONE_ARM64_SUPPORT=ON -DCAPSTONE_X86_SUPPORT=ON -DCAPSTONE_X86_REDUCE=ON ..

make

As described in the file COMPILE_CMAKE.TXT we first disable all architectures in order to selectively add the ones we’re looking for afterward.

The CAPSTONE_X86_REDUCE switch will reduce the binary size of the X86 part.