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How do I run the tools on MacOS X 10.5 (Leopard)?

Last Updated by Brent Chapman on Fri 28 Jan 11 - 4:49pm
Original by Brent Chapman on Tue 02 Dec 08 - 4:17pm

Most of the development of the Netomata tools has been done under Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), so that's a fine platform to run the tools on. Beyond a basic MacOS X Leopard installation, you need to do 3 things to run the tools on Leopard:

  1. Install the "Xcode Tools" package from the "Optional Installs" folder on the MacOS 10.5 DVD, if you haven't already.

  2. Set the following environment variables in your .bashrc or equivalent (we're not CERTAIN this is necessary, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything): GEM_PATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8:\ /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8 export GEM_HOME=/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8

  3. Run the following commands as root to install the "facets" and "ruby-debug" packages: gem update --system gem update gem install facets gem install ruby-debug