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=6fab52a3da86b3bd4e4faf02c3356b6e04f0bbe4;hb=29601b08b3b142b1a4ff9ee661566f41ca5e30e8;hpb=e5ee363a2fc2f525dec7830b9ae3f1c7ce1f0992;ds=inline 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 6fab52a3..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 @@ -274,36 +274,41 @@ 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. *Instructions on how to do that will be posted shortly.* + 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. 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 + 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. +If you do have Xcode, and want to do without MacPorts, then +what you need to do is download Findlib from +. +Unpack the download, open a Terminal and go into the folder you just +unpacked, and type: + + ./configure + make package-macosx + +This will build an installer package which you should be able to +double-click and install. +--> * **To install on Mac with MacPorts** @@ -325,7 +330,7 @@ The current version of OCaml is 4.02.1 (released October 2014). That will install a version of OCaml and the Findlib add-on and OPAM package manager. - If you're using Ubuntu "Utopic" (14.10), there's [a note on the OPAM home page](https://github.com/ocaml/opam) + If you're using Ubuntu "Utopic" (14.10), there's [a note on the OPAM home page](https://opam.ocaml.org/doc/Install.html) warning that its version of OPAM is broken, and not to use it. Here's how you can get (OCaml and) OPAM from a newer repository: sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common @@ -333,16 +338,13 @@ The current version of OCaml is 4.02.1 (released October 2014). sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ocaml opam - If for some reason you can't get OCaml through your - packaging system, you can go to + If for some reason you can't get OCaml through your Linux packaging system, you can go to . Pre-packaged binary installers are available for several Linux systems. - If you can't get findlib through your packaging system, you'll - need to download it from + If you can't get findlib through your packaging system, you'll need to download it from . - and use gcc to compile it yourself. If you don't know how to - do that, you probably don't want to attempt this. + and use gcc to compile it yourself. If you don't know how to do that, you probably don't want to attempt this. Here are the INSTALL notes: . @@ -351,6 +353,7 @@ The current version of OCaml is 4.02.1 (released October 2014). keyboard arrows. + ## Getting Haskell ## This last installation is less crucial than the others, since we will be focusing