Re: GCC and Ada in OS X 10.2.3 ?

[Adrian Hoe <mailbox@nospam.adrianhoe.com>]

Finally, I have all of them working. That's wonderful. I like it very 
much. Considering to develop Ada software on Mac OS X...

Thanks.


jim hopper wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> you are only supposed to pick one version of the compiler not both ;-) 
> the wavefront version is actually the one you want.   if you did a
> successful install of the wavefront you are there.  well there are
> other things you can install like ada aware gdb (on the site),
> integration to apples IDE and bindings to their gui (also on the site)
> 
> one question.  did yo uinstall Apples development tools which are on
> your hard disk (they are not preinstalled).  if not install them then
> install the wavefront.  follow with gdb and carbon bindings [includes
> IDE integration]
> 
> if you have dev tools installed and have done compiler as you say then
> just open the terminal app (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal) 
> (actually just open that folder from the gui and double click terminal.
> this will give you access to unix command line.
> 
> once there use gnatmake etc just like any other unix machine, or if you
> installed the carbon bindings, in /Developer/Applicaions  double click
> on "Project Builder"  this is the IDE.  select new project (you will
> notice a number of choices [several of which are ada choices].  As a
> quick example select Ada Tool.  this will put a project on your system
> with a small hello world sample in it.  name the project main for now. 
> then just use ide to build and run.  [the reason for the main name is
> thats what i chose for the defaul project.  you can change it using a
> script but you need to start simple.
> 
> Best place to ask these questions is the gnat mac mailing list.  you
> can sign up on our website  {http://adapower.net/macos).  we have a
> very helpful group and questions are answered way more promply than we
> can manage here.
> 
> Welcome to Ada on the Mac.
> 
> best jim
> 
> 
> In article <3E36AF45.5040204@nospam.adrianhoe.com>, Adrian Hoe
> <mailbox@nospam.adrianhoe.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have just acquired an iBook and downloaded 10.2 compiler 
>>(gnat-gcc-3.1-1163-jaguar.dmg) and Wavefront 10.2 
>>(gnat-gcc-3.1-1173-jaguar.dmg). I had an installation error with 10.2 
>>compiler. I managed a successful installation with Wavefront 10.2.
>>
>>Why is an installation error? How do I launch Wavefront?
>>
>>Please help. Thanks.
>>
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