thrift/doc/install/os_x.md

OS X Setup

The following command install all the required tools and libraries to build and install the Apache Thrift compiler on a OS X based system.

Install Boost

Download the boost library from boost.org untar compile with

./bootstrap.sh
sudo ./b2 threading=multi address-model=64 variant=release stage install

Install libevent

Download libevent, untar and compile with

./configure --prefix=/usr/local 
make
sudo make install

Building Apache Thrift

Download the latest version of Apache Thrift, untar and compile with

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ --with-boost=/usr/local --with-libevent=/usr/local

Additional reading

For more information on the requirements see: Apache Thrift Requirements

For more information on building and installing Thrift see: Building from source