Note: This is the actively maintained version of Bockbuild, used to put together the Mono SDK package for macOS. The legacy versions (used for Banshee and older Mono versions) are available here: https://github.com/mono/bockbuild/tree/legacy
The Mono macOS SDK
Bockbuild is already provided as a submodule of Mono. To build a functional distribution in Bockbuild's 'stage' directory, begin from a Mono checkout:
$ git clone git@github.com:mono/mono
$ cd mono
$ make mac-sdk-package
To get a shell that uses your custom-built distribution (e.g. for testing, to build & run Monodevelop against it):
$ ./external/bockbuild/bb MacSDK --shell
Finally, to create a package of the distribution that installs on the "system Mono" path (/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/...)
$ ./external/bockbuild/bb MacSDK --package
Xamarin Releases
Release packages are built with the following:
$ ./external/bockbuild/bb MacSDKRelease --package