System/Installation/J804/OSX

This gives detailed installation instructions for OSX.

To start with, you may install either the Base system (without the Qt IDE) or the All-in-One system (with the Qt IDE).

The default installation folder is under the user's Applications folder, e.g.

  /Users/Fred/Applications/j64-804

For a shared installation, you may install in the /Applications folder. This requires admin privilege, and will also require admin privilege for updates.

Base System Using Jconsole

• download the installation file:
  • base system for OSX
• Go to Finder
  • Navigate to your Downloads folder
  • Double-click the downloaded installation file. This will create the folder j64-804
  • Drag the new j64-804 folder and drop on /Users/Fred
  • Navigate to /Users/Fred/j64-804/bin
  • Right-click jconsole to get a menu of options
  • select Open. Now:
    • If message box '...unidentified developer...' has an Open button, press it. This will start jconsole.
    • otherwise, your version of OSX has extra file attributes and your must remove the quarantine attribute from jconsole:
      • Run Finder>Applications>Utilities>Terminal to start a terminal window
      • In the terminal window, execute the line:
        

        xattr -d com.apple.quarantine 64-804/bin/jconsole

      • In Finder, double-click jconsole to start it.

• (optional) install all addons, install Jqt ide, and create desktop launch icons. Run the following lines one at a time in the jconsole window:

   load '~addons/ide/jhs/installer.ijs'
   installer 0
   exit 0

• (optional) Give JHS a try.

After you install the base system, install any addons you want.

If later on you want to install the Qt IDE, then load J console and run:

   install 'qtide'

All-In-One System

Download the All-in-One Installer:

• installer for 64-bit OSX

Double-click the dmg file and move the j64-804 folder to your Applications folder or to the /Applications folder.

Double-click the green J icon in the j64-804 folder to start Jqt.

Continue with the next section to install any addons you want.

(optional) Install Addons

To install or update any addons, do one of the following:

1. in Jqt, select Tools|Package Manager from the menu, select the addons to be installed (or Select All to get them all), and press Install.

2. in the J console, use the Package Manager console interface.

(optional) Change Default Folder Names

J needs directories to store temporary files, configuration files and so on. By default these are in a folder under the User's home folder, named like:

  /Users/elmo/j64-804-user

To change the folders J uses, follow the instructions here.