Getting started on a Mac

[Anders F Björklund]

Sean Kelly wrote:

>> Does anyone have a straightfoward writeup on what to do from the very 
>> beginning -- in what sequence I get D, DSSS, Tango up and running?  On 
>> a Mac, too! :)
> 
> Here's what I do to install DMD:
> 
> - unzip to ~/dmd
> - sudo mkdir /opt/dmd-1.040 (or whatever)
> - sudo ln -s /opt/dmd-1.040 /opt/dmd
> - cd /opt/dmd
> - sudo cp -r ~/dmd .
> - sudo ln -s osx/bin
> - sudo ln -s osx/lib
> - cd bin
> - sudo chmod a+x dmd obj2asm etc
> 
> Add /opt/dmd/bin to your path and you're ready to go.  Now I install my 
> D import files to /usr/local/include/d, which requires changing dmd.conf 
> to something like the following:
> 
> DFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include/d -L-L/usr/local/lib -L-L%@P%/../lib
> 
> (I'm guessing a bit about having two link paths... I only use 
> /usr/local/lib)
> 
> Now DMD will look for import files only in /usr/local/include/d and for 
> lib files (hopefully) in /usr/local/lib and /opt/dmd/lib.  When you 
> install Tango, copy the import files to /usr/local/include/d and the 
> library files to /usr/local/lib and you should be all set.
> 
> There's also a manual install doc on the Tango website you can follow, 
> but this should cover the basics.  I run out of /usr/include/d because I 
> publish everything directly from SVN.

Seems a bit complicated, don't you think ???

It would be nicer if it went something like:
1) Install compiler package
2) Install library package
3) ... there is no step 3

But maybe that's just me. Everyone loves zip.

--anders