[macOS] Install 'tree' command from source

Instructions on how to install the tree command on macOS from source.

Prerequisites

macOS Command Line Tools need to be installed on your local computer.

To install the Command Line Tools run the following command:

xcode-select --install

Get the source

To obtain the tree source code run the following commands:

mkdir -p ~/.src/tree
curl -sL --retry 3 --insecure "http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/src/tree-2.0.4.tgz" | tar xz --no-same-owner --strip-components=1 -C ~/.src/tree/
cd ~/.src/tree

Configure

To configure the source to be compiled for macOS run the following commands:

sed -i '.orig' -e '/SIP/,/HP/{//!s/#//;}' Makefile

Build

To build the source code run the following command:

make

Install

To install the tool run the following commands:

sudo make PREFIX='/usr/local' MANDIR='${PREFIX}/share/man' install

Verify

Run the following command on a terminal window:

tree --version

Clean up

After installing the tool you can remove the downloaded source code using the following commands:

cd ~
rm -rf ~/.src