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[gHan2000]

I have downloaded the Mac OSX version of bB, but I need help installing. I know there are instructions on the website, but those are CONFUSING. Can someone show give a better example of how to install it?

[Random Terrain]

So you can't run software as if you have a Microsoft PC? If you can, you can use VbB and everything will be easier:

http://www.randomter...#gettingstarted

[batari]

bB is a command-line program. It is set up and run from the terminal application in OS X.

Download the PC version, then the Mac binaries to the desktop, linked below (ctrl-click, save as, and make sure they are saved to the desktop):
http://bataribasic.c...version_1.0.zip
http://bataribasic.c...version_1.0.zip

Run the terminal app, then the following will install it:

cd ~
mkdir Atari2600
cd Atari2600
mkdir bB
cd bB
unzip ~/desktop/batari_Basic_version_1.0.zip
unzip ~/desktop/bB_OSX_binaries_version_1.0.zip

Close the terminal app, and reopen (this is also how you run it from now on):

Type the following two lines to set up the environment. This only needs to be done once per terminal session:
export bB=~/Atari2600/bB
export PATH=$PATH:$bB

(If you add the above two lines to /etc/bashrc, this doesn't need to be done every terminal session. Only change /etc/bashrc if you know what you are doing and are comfortable editing your system files.)

Now test your setup:

cd ~/Atari2600/bB/samples
2600basic.sh sample.bas

Now try sample.bas.bin in an emulator (located in your home folder, under Atari2600/bB/samples.)

[gHan2000]

batari, on Sat Sep 4, 2010 3:54 PM, said:

bB is a command-line program. It is set up and run from the terminal application in OS X.

Download the PC version, then the Mac binaries to the desktop, linked below (ctrl-click, save as, and make sure they are saved to the desktop):
http://bataribasic.c...version_1.0.zip
http://bataribasic.c...version_1.0.zip

Run the terminal app, then the following will install it:

cd ~
mkdir Atari2600
cd Atari2600
mkdir bB
cd bB
unzip ~/desktop/batari_Basic_version_1.0.zip
unzip ~/desktop/bB_OSX_binaries_version_1.0.zip

Close the terminal app, and reopen (this is also how you run it from now on):

Type the following two lines to set up the environment. This only needs to be done once per terminal session:
export bB=~/Atari2600/bB
export PATH=$PATH:$bB

(If you add the above two lines to /etc/bashrc, this doesn't need to be done every terminal session. Only change /etc/bashrc if you know what you are doing and are comfortable editing your system files.)

Now test your setup:

cd ~/Atari2600/bB/samples
2600basic.sh sample.bas

Now try sample.bas.bin in an emulator (located in your home folder, under Atari2600/bB/samples.)

Thanks, I will try that.

[gHan2000]

gHan2000, on Fri Sep 3, 2010 6:15 PM, said:

I have downloaded the Mac OSX version of bB, but I need help installing. I know there are instructions on the website, but those are CONFUSING. Can someone show give a better example of how to install it?

If anyone has an installed Mac OS X version of bB, please put it on MegaUpload or MediaFire or something.

[Byte Knight]

So I'm all excited to try out the new bB 1.1 beta, but I can't seem to get things to work on my Mac. I've made the bB 1.1 beta folder at the root (~) directory and copied in the Mac OS binaries but it doesn't seem to recognize the new DPC+ kernel. Here's what I'm doing at the Terminal level - am I missing something simple?

Last login: Tue May 10 16:46:28 on ttys000
imac-2:~ Todd$ export bB=~/bB/
imac-2:~ Todd$ export PATH=$PATH:$bB
imac-2:~ Todd$ cd bB
imac-2:bB Todd$ ls
2600bas.bat makefile
2600bas.c msdpc.bas
2600basic msdpc.bas.asm
2600basic.exe msdpc.bas.bin
2600basic.sh optimize
2600basic_variable_redefs.h optimize.exe
README.txt optimize.lex
bB.asm postprocess
dasm postprocess.c
dasm.exe postprocess.exe
includes preprocess
includes.bB preprocess.exe
keywords.c preprocess.lex
keywords.h statements.c
license.txt statements.h
mac-readme.txt
imac-2:bB Todd$ 2600basic.sh msdpc.bas
Starting build of msdpc.bas
(2) Parse error: unrecognized character ";"
(1): set kernel: kernel name unknown or unspecified

2600 Basic compilation complete.
DASM V2.20.07, Macro Assembler ©1988-2003
bytes of ROM space left
2878 bytes of ROM space left
Complete.
Build complete.
imac-2:bB Todd$

[RevEng]

Can you "echo $PATH"? From the error it looks like it's using the old bB directory, since it doesn't understand the semicolon comments in msdpc.bas.

[Byte Knight]

So RevEng has figured out that my Mac OS X binaries are too old to run the beta version. Does anyone have the latest binaries so I don't have to boot up in Windows?

Thanks!

[Byte Knight]

Disregard - I just fixed the problem using the "make" command in the bB folder after installing the Xcode Tools from the Mac OS X Install DVD.

Thanks to RevEng for all his help!