Hi Anna, no need to install Linux, your mac already runs Unix, which is very similar.
If you build from the command line using Terminal, (which can usually be found in the Utilities folder under Applications) you can modify the Makefile for your channel to exclude whatever you don’t want:
ZIP_EXCLUDE= -x *.DS_Store
You will need to add ROKU_DEV_TARGET=(ip address of your Roku goes here) to your ~/.bash_profile document which is most easily done by running Terminal and typing:
pico ~/.bash_profile
which will launch the pico editor where you can add the line, and pressing ctrl-o to save it
*you will need to reload your .bash_profile document, which you can do by typeing:
source ~/.bash_profile
Then you can just cd into your channel’s folder and simultaneously zip it and send it directly to your device:
new-mac-mini:source admin2$ cd videoplayer/
new-mac-mini:videoplayer admin2$ make install
This is how I do it, and while it may seem somewhat cryptic at first, it is a huge time saver in developing for Roku, every time I update, I just go to the terminal and type
make install
- Joel
