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    Getting Byond to work on my mac...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Talimore, Aug 1, 2006.

  1. Talimore

    Talimore Notebook Consultant

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    Byond is a program to connect to diffrent games and play games or use thier program to code your own game, problem is there is no real installer for the Mac version. Theres just a readme text that tries to explain how to install it but its to confusing to follow, can anyone help?

    Link is:
    www.byond.com

    Youll se the mac version in the downloads section on the left, thanks in advance.
     
    Talimore, Aug 1, 2006
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    xbandaidx Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, I figured thats what it was.

    You need to use Terminal which is under Utilities in Applications, Terminal is the console for OS X, it's all command line installation, I don't know if it has a GUI for it as well, but I'm assuming it doesn't.

    Just open terminal, and follow the readme text, it should be fairly straightforward, unless its very vague, as most can be. This involves extensive knowledge of console commands that are very common on linux and unix platforms, it takes a while to learn it.
     
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  3. Talimore

    Talimore Notebook Consultant

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    Screw it then hehe, the read me jsuts says type Make and well that does nothing hehe.
     
    Talimore, Aug 1, 2006
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    It should, basically the process is like this

    tar -zxvf file
    ./config or ./configure
    make
    make install

    Than you can use the program.

    Just remember anything that involves the console in OS X is considered risky, and some need root to do it, and root is something that you SHOULD not turn on in OS X, as it will pose a security risk

    Basically it's like this
    root = GOD Account on computer; Ultimate power
    admin = limited administration powers
    standard/limited = limited powers.
     
    xbandaidx, Aug 1, 2006
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