X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn;h=b75068f003a0cfee1609982a3279d974ba54c351;hp=426b53a7ed43627c723267d75fe2e8837333e099;hb=29601b08b3b142b1a4ff9ee661566f41ca5e30e8;hpb=5513006d5e04b6fa2997c329d1050721df692506;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn index 426b53a7..b75068f0 100644 --- a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn +++ b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn @@ -274,19 +274,28 @@ The current version of OCaml is 4.02.1 (released October 2014). * **To install on Mac without MacPorts** - The people in charge of OCaml (they're at the French research institute INRIA) have stopped making pre-built packages for Mac OS X. One option you have is to use their package for a slightly older version of OCaml, 4.01.1 from Sept. 2013. You can find that as a "Precompiled binary for Mac OS X" on [this page](http://ocaml.org/releases/4.01.0.html). + The people in charge of OCaml (they're at the French research institute INRIA) have stopped making pre-built packages for Mac OS X. One option you have is to use their package for a slightly older version of OCaml, 4.01.1 from Sept. 2013. You can find that as a "Precompiled binary for Mac OS X" on [this page](http://ocaml.org/releases/4.01.0.html). If, when you attempt to install this package, you get an error about its being from an "unidentified developer," you need to control-click on the `ocaml.pkg` file and select "Open", then when the warning box appears again, this time there will be an "Open" button that you can click. Then you can continue running the Installer. A second option is to install the OPAM package manager and use that to build and install the latest version of OCaml. Here's how to do that: - 1. Download [this file](https://raw.github.com/ocaml/opam/master/shell/opam_installer.sh) and note where it gets saved to. + 1. Download [this file](https://raw.github.com/ocaml/opam/master/shell/opam_installer.sh) and + note where it gets saved to. If it opens in your browser, then type + command-S / Save Page and save it somewhere on your disk, again noting its + location. 2. Open a terminal and type: sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin - sh /path/to/opam_installer.sh /usr/local/bin + sudo sh /path/to/opam_installer.sh /usr/local/bin Except replace `/path/to` with the real location, that you noted in step 1. + 3. If that works, then type: + + opan init --comp 4.01.0 + + or whatever it was that the OPAM installer prompted you to type. This will download and install a fresh version of OCaml, and will take a bit of time. +