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manual: expand information on macOS installation

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......@@ -100,15 +100,8 @@ Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint).
On macOS
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With MATLAB
^^^^^^^^^^^
.. warning::
To install Dynare for use with MATLAB, execute the automated installer called
``dynare-x.y-arch.pkg`` (where *x.y* is the version number and *arch* is either arm64 for Apple Silicon or x86_64 for Intel architectures),
and follow the instructions.
This installation does not require administrative privileges.
If for some reason admin rights are requested, use *Change Install Location* and select *Install for me only*.
The default installation directory is ``/Applications/Dynare/x.y-arch``.
Installing into ``/Applications/dynare`` might fail if you have older versions of Dynare already installed in ``/Applications/Dynare``.
To fix this, modify the ownership by executing the following command in Terminal.app::
......@@ -119,6 +112,16 @@ After installation, the folder will contain several sub-directories, among which
Several versions of Dynare can coexist (by default in ``/Applications/Dynare``),
as long as you correctly adjust your path settings (see :ref:`words-warning`).
With MATLAB
^^^^^^^^^^^
To install Dynare for use with MATLAB, execute the automated installer called
``dynare-x.y-arch.pkg`` (where *x.y* is the version number and *arch* is either arm64 for Apple Silicon or x86_64 for Intel architectures),
and follow the instructions.
This installation does not require administrative privileges.
If for some reason admin rights are requested, use *Change Install Location* and select *Install for me only*.
The default installation directory is ``/Applications/Dynare/x.y-arch``.
It is recommended to install the Xcode Command Line Tools (this is an Apple product)
and GCC via Homebrew_ (see :ref:`prerequisites-macos`).
......@@ -142,6 +145,8 @@ once)::
octave:1> pkg install -forge io statistics control struct optim
If you want to use the `x13` functionality of `dseries`, you also need to build the `x13as` binary. [#fx13]_
On FreeBSD
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......@@ -334,3 +339,8 @@ Dynare unusable.
.. _Dynare wiki: https://git.dynare.org/Dynare/dynare/wikis
.. _Octave-Forge: https://octave.sourceforge.io/
.. _Homebrew: https://brew.sh
.. rubric:: Footnotes
.. [#fx13] See the instructions at `<https://forum.dynare.org/t/missing-installation-package/27350/4>`__.
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