How do I override the malicious software check for the SDL2 framework on mac?

Question

I have installed the official release of SDL2 from the releases section of the repo. Despite having followed the instructions in the README.txt and installing it into /Library/Frameworks, I get the following error when running a basic "Hello World" application:

“SDL2.framework” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.

Naturally, everything online says to just open the app using the context menu by Ctrl+clicking on it, but that doesn't work in my case. I think this is because it's not the app that can't be verified, but rather the framework.

I also tried codesign -f -s - /Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Versions/A/SDL2, but this seemed to have no effect.

How do I bypass or otherwise override this warning for the SDL2 framework?

For reference, here's the example code to test the installation:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <SDL.h>

int main()
{
        if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO))
        {
                printf("failed to initialize SDL\n");
                return 1;
        }

        printf("Hello, SDL!\n");
        SDL_Quit();
        return 0;
}

I built it like so:

clang main.c -o hello -I/Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Headers -F/Library/Frameworks -framework SDL2

Answer 1

I found the solution here. I had to open the Privacy & Security settings, then go to "developer tools" and whitelist applications that were allowed to launch "insecure" apps. I chose to whitelist the terminal and VS Code.