[9fans] How do I get a C compiler and what ever else I need to run p9p on an intel Mac w/ 10.6.6?

[9fans] How do I get a C compiler and what ever else I need to run p9p on an intel Mac w/ 10.6.6?

[Tom West]

It seems that the only way to get the compiler is to become a MAC
Developer. True?

All I want are the plan9 user basics - shell, sam, acme, compiler -
plus ready access to a browser. I don't have the need or talent to
write  GUI applications.

Will someone kindly suggest the easiest way to get plan9 port running
non an intel mac w/10.6.6?

Thanks

-Tom

Re: [9fans] How do I get a C compiler and what ever else I need to run p9p on an intel Mac w/ 10.6.6?

[Lyndon Nerenberg]

> It seems that the only way to get the compiler is to become a MAC Developer.
> True?

You have to sign up for a free Developer account. No big deal.

Re: [9fans] How do I get a C compiler and what ever else I need to run p9p on an intel Mac w/ 10.6.6?

[Russ Cox]

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Tom West <twest9@verizon.net> wrote:
> It seems that the only way to get the compiler is to become a MAC Developer.

Yes, you need to install Xcode, which you can download by
clicking on the "Mac Dev Center" link here:
http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html
As Lyndon said, it requires a (free) login.

Alternately, Xcode may be in the Optional Installs
folder on your Snow Leopard installation DVD.

Russ

Re: [9fans] How do I get a C compiler and what ever else I need to run p9p on an intel Mac w/ 10.6.6?

[Tom West]

Thanks for the help, especially the advice to look on the installation
disk.

(The Xcode pkg is something like 3.21 GB.  When I started the download
the estimated duration was 11+ hours, and over night grew to 4+ days,
as the DSL bogged down.)

The installation of p9p  was pleasantly uneventful, thanks to  some
first class programming, mostly by Russ, I believe.

So, thanks again.

-Tom


On Feb 8, 2011, at 7:41 PM, Russ Cox wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Tom West <twest9@verizon.net> wrote:
>> It seems that the only way to get the compiler is to become a MAC
>> Developer.
>
> Yes, you need to install Xcode, which you can download by
> clicking on the "Mac Dev Center" link here:
> http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html
> As Lyndon said, it requires a (free) login.
>
> Alternately, Xcode may be in the Optional Installs
> folder on your Snow Leopard installation DVD.
>
> Russ
>