Installation instructions for SML/NJ under MacOS X -------------------------------------------------- To install SML/NJ under MacOS X on a machine that has the developer tools installed (i.e., which has a working C compiler), refer to our generic instructions in file INSTALL. For people without developer tools on their MacOS X box we prepared a disk image that contains a pre-compiled runtime system. To install, download the image, mount it, and copy its contents (a directory named smlnj-xxx.xxx) to some location of your choice. (The name smlnj-xxx.xxx is not important -- you can change it or simply copy the contents of this directory into some other directory.) At this point you should have some directory, e.g., /Users/joe/smlnj, that contains two subdirectories named "config" and "bin". Open a terminal (or xterm if you have X11), cd to /Users/joe/smlnj and follow the instructions in file INSTALL beginning *after* the point where it asks you to gunzip and untar config.tgz. For example, if you are in a hurry and have good network connectivity, simply edit config/targets and then run config/new-install.sh (or config/install.sh). Once the installer finishes, you only need to keep the "bin" and "lib" subdirectories. You can move them wherever you like (together!) as long as you set the variable SMLNJ_HOME to the name of the directory that holds them.