On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:05:40 -0700 Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I run Freenet on Mac OSX? > If so, how do I go about doing it? > Thanks.
Yes. These instructions assume that you already have a JRE. I don't recall ever manually downloading one, so I guess Sun's 1.4.1_01-24 must have come with Panther. First, you'll need to obtain the latest build of whichever branch (stable or unstable) you prefer. The latest build distributions will always be located at: http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet-YYYYMMDD.tgz http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet-unstable-YYYYMMDD.tgz For example: http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet-20040428.tgz http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet-unstable-20040428.tgz Download whichever you prefer, then `gunzip` and `tar xfv` the file. If you download using Safari, it will automatically decompress with Stuffit Expander. Open a terminal session and cd to the Freenet directory, e.g. `cd ~/Desktop/freenet` and run `./start-freenet.sh`. Reply to the configuration options and a fairly default freenet.conf file will be generated. The script then starts Freenet itself. If you need to set some configuration options that the preconfig script doesn't ask for, you'll want to run `./stop-freenet.sh` now to stop the node, then modify freenet.conf. TAKE GREAT CARE in what editor you use to edit freenet.conf! I don't know whether it's a line break problem with the autogenerated config file, or a problem with OS X's copies of vi and pico (I suspect the former :) but anytime I edit freenet.conf from the command line, it gets mangled. Use Apple's TextPad application to edit the file. When you are finished editing the config file, run `./start-freenet.sh` again. -s _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
