Dependencies

Install Xcode, on my MacBook Air M1 installed Xcode 15

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After:

brew update
brew install ninja
brew install cmake

ASE_DIR=~/Downloads/0001_aseprite_build
mkdir -p $ASE_DIR && cd $ASE_DIR

Go to https://github.com/aseprite/skia/releases and copy address of latest arm64 version

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# Paste address here
curl -O -L "<https://github.com/aseprite/skia/releases/download/m102-861e4743af/Skia-macOS-Release-arm64.zip>"
unzip Skia-macOS-Release-arm64.zip -d skia

Download code

(You need good internet, without you can't download repo successfully ~0.5 Gb)

git clone --recursive <https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite.git>

If bad internet

Compiling

cd aseprite
rm -rf build
mkdir build
cd build

cmake \\
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \\
  -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=arm64 \\
  -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0 \\
  -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk \\
  -DLAF_BACKEND=skia \\
  -DSKIA_DIR=$ASE_DIR/skia \\
  -DSKIA_LIBRARY_DIR=$ASE_DIR/skia/out/Release-arm64 \\
  -DSKIA_LIBRARY=$ASE_DIR/skia/out/Release-arm64/libskia.a \\
  -DPNG_ARM_NEON:STRING=on \\
  -G Ninja \\
  ..
  ninja aseprite

cd ../../
echo Done!

Bundling

Go to https://www.aseprite.org/trial/ and copy address Aseprite Trial for macOS

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mkdir bundle
cd bundle
# Paste address here
curl -o Aseprite-trial-macOS.dmg "<https://www.aseprite.org/downloads/trial/Aseprite-v1.3.6-trial-macOS.dmg>"
mkdir mount
yes qy | hdiutil attach -quiet -nobrowse -noverify -noautoopen -mountpoint mount Aseprite-trial-macOS.dmg

Press “q”

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