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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The remainder of this README is for Microkit developers.
 
 ## Developer system requirements
 
-Development of Microkit has primarily been performed on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (x86_64).
+Building the Microkit SDK is supported on Linux (x86_64) and macOS (Apple Silicon/Intel).
 
 This section attempts to list the packages or external development tools which are required during development.
 At this stage it may be incomplete.
@@ -38,17 +38,42 @@ Please file an issue if additional packages are required.
 * make
 * python3.9
 * python3.9-venv
-* musl-1.2.2
-* ARM GCC compiler; 10.2-2020.11
-
-On Ubuntu 18.04 there are no packages available for musl-1.2.2; it must be compiled from source.
-On Ubuntu 18.04 Python 3.9 is available via the *deadsnakes* PPA: https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
+* musl-1.2.2 (only when targeting Linux)
+* cmake
+* ninja-build
+* ARM GCC compiler for none-elf; version 12.2.1 20221205
+* device tree compiler
+* xmllint
+
+To build the documentation you also need
+* pandoc
+* pdflatex
+* texlive-latex-recommended
+* texlive-fonts-recommended
+* texlive-fonts-extra
+* texlive-latex-extra
+
+On a Debian-like system you can do:
+
+    $ sudo apt install build-essential git cmake ninja-build \
+	    device-tree-compiler libxml2-utils \
+		pandoc texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-recommended \
+		texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-extra \
+		python3 python3-venv \
+		musl-dev musl-tools
+
+If you do not have Python 3.9 available, you can get it via the
+*deadsnakes* PPA: https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
 To use this:
 
     $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
     $ sudo apt update
     $ sudo apt install python3.9 python3.9-venv
 
+On macOS, with the [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) package manager you can do:
+
+    $ brew install pandoc cmake dtc ninja qemu libxml2 python@3.9 coreutils texlive
+
 Additonally, a number of Python libraries are needed.
 These should be installed using `pip`.