Re: [eclipse-users] Max OS X install

On 06/03/2007, at 4:24 PM, Kish Shen wrote:
> On Monday 05 March 2007 13:22, Malcolm Ryan wrote:
>> How do I go about installing ECLiPSe under OS X 10.4.8?
>
> If you downloaded the binaries, then just follow the instructions  
> in README_MACOSX in the
> toplevel directory of the ECLiPSe you downloaded. I assume the file 
> (s) you downloaded are
> unpacked? I think MacOSX is able to automatically unpack these  
> files, but if not, you can
> use tar to unpack it (tar -zxvf  
> eclipse_basic_5_10_39_ppc_macosx.tgz). The README is also
> available by clicking the `notes' icon for the package you are  
> downloading (if you are downloading
> from Source Forge).

There are OSX binaries? Where? I'm looking at http:// 
eclipse.crosscoreop.com/Distribution/ but I can't see any.

> If you downloaded the source, then you could try compiling it,  
> following the instructions in
> INSTALL, again in the toplevel directory, although this may be a  
> little more difficult to do.

I've tried compiling it, but it says:

configure: error: Unknown architecture: i686-apple-darwin8.8.1

Has anyone managed to get eclipse to compile on an intel mac?

Malcolm

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