From: Jim Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:40:28 +0000 (-0500) Subject: update installation for OCaml X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=4f9a47f7f9d94c45f77fb8d0c81d1e5d41375286 update installation for OCaml --- 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 231c7210..0f68c655 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 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -## Note ## +## Notes ## -We were updating this page vigorously until about 2:30 pm on Saturday 31 +* We were updating this page vigorously until about 2:30 pm on Saturday 31 January. Now it is relatively stable, but we'll tweak it as we learn more. We encourage you to try to get the software set up sooner rather than later, and those who do so first should let us know how things go---whether it's smoothly @@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ others. It'd be great if you took careful notes of what you did, step by step. If our instructions are broken or misleading or incomplete, and you figure out how to fix them on your own, it'd also be great if you can tell us what went wrong and exactly what you did to achieve joy. + +* If you're using a Mac without the MacPorts package management system (on which +see below), then I think we can customize these directions so that everything +gets installed to your user directory, rather than to the system directories. This +reduces the chances of anything getting messed up, and makes it easier to remove +the software later. *Right now the instructions don't do this, but I'll be editing them +over the next hour or so to make them do it.* ## Identifying your system ##