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<?php
require_once("docutil.php");
page_head("Installing BOINC on Mac OS/X");
echo "
<a name=mac>
<h3>Installing BOINC on Mac OS/X</h3>
<p>
The Mac OS X client will unpack correctly with gunzip on Mac OS X
10.2 (jaguar) or 10.3 (panther) as long as you type the command
within Terminal. Stuffit 7.x or newer will work under the Finder
in either OS X or OS 9, but I'd recommend using 'gunzip' or 'gzip -d'
within Terminal instead.
<p>
However, the two main browsers on OS X (IE 5.2.x and Safari 1.x) will
automatically unpack downloads by default, so your work may already
be done.
<p>
If you use IE, the boinc client will download and automatically unpack
leaving two files:
<ol>
<li>
boinc_2.12_powerpc-apple-darwin
[this will have the stuffit icon in the finder]
<li>
boinc_2.12_powerpc-apple-darwin7.0.0
[this will not have any icon in the finder]
</ol>
<p>
#2 is the unpacked program ready-to-run. You can just start Terminal
and run boinc.
<p>
If you use Safari, the boinc client will download and automatically
unpack, leaving a single file:
<ul>
<li>
boinc_2.12_powerpc-apple-darwin7.0.0
[this will not have any icon in the finder]
</ul>
This is the unpacked program, but it's not yet ready-to-run (this is
a bug with how Safari handles gzipped downloads; we'll fix this soon).
<p>
Here's what you have to do to fix the Safari download (apologies if
you already know how to do this):
<ul>
<li> Create a folder in your home directory and put the boinc
file in it
<li> Start Terminal
<li> 'cd' to the folder you just created
<li> Type 'chmod +x boinc_2.12_powerpc-apple-darwin7.0.0'
(without the quotes)
</ul>
Now you can run BOINC.
";
page_tail();
?>