help getting started on Mac

[Christian Schafmeister]

Thanks Jim,

I updated the info here to explain how to build on OS X.
https://github.com/drmeister/clasp/wiki/Building-Clasp-on-OS-X-Yosemite <https://github.com/drmeister/clasp/wiki/Building-Clasp-on-OS-X-Yosemite>

Could you tell me how it goes?


> On Apr 11, 2016, at 5:40 AM, Jim Newton <jnewton at lrde.epita.fr> wrote:
> 
> I’m trying to get started with Clasp.   I cloned a copy of the git repo.
> 
> I looked at the README.md file instructions.  First it says to try to download a precompiled release from
> https://github.com/drmeister/clasp/releases <https://github.com/drmeister/clasp/releases>
> But when I look on that web page it says:
> Please do not use the "source code" downloads below; clone the repository instead,
> 
> 
> OK, so maybe the README.md is out of date?
> So I though about trying to compile it myself.
> 
> The README.md file says to follow an extra step for Mac detailed on the page
> https://github.com/drmeister/clasp/wiki/Building-Clasp-on-OS-X-requires-using-the-open-source-version-of-Clang <https://github.com/drmeister/clasp/wiki/Building-Clasp-on-OS-X-requires-using-the-open-source-version-of-Clang>
> But I really don’t understand what that page is telling me to do.
> Here’s what I read there.
> 
> Building Clasp on OS X requires using the same version of Clang that Clasp is linked with. I use the llvm/clang version that gets built by externals-clasp.
> 
> This clang needs to be informed where OS X compiler resources (header files) are located.
> 
> So the following symbolic link needs to be installed.
> 
> Let's say the external clang executable is installed at /Users/meister/Development/externals-clasp/build/release/bin/clang.
> 
> 
> Questions:  Am I supposed to understand which version of Clang Clasp is linked with?  Especially before I’ve compiled
> the first time?  What is “external clang”?   I see that on my system clang is in /usr/bin/clang.   Do I need to install another clang?
> 
> If someone could give me some more help, that’d be great.
> 
> Kind regards
> Jim
> 

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