Package building file for Mac homebrew: http://brew.sh/ Install homebrew following the instructions on the home page, then copy recoll.rb to /usr/local/Library/Formula/, then "brew install recoll" should just work. - You need to install python-libxml2 and python-libxslt separately (e.g. using pip). These are used to index libreoffice files and other xml-based formats (openxml, etc.)