Yes, John is right. Xcode is one-stop shopping for gcc, fortran (!?!?!), objective-c, all the command-line tools, etc & so on, without having to use macports or fink or whatever. And it's a trivial installation. (Note to non-Mac users; Lion client version comes with no compilation stuff cuz... well, it's a "client" :) /fas On 25 August 2012 15:44, John Hendy wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: > > Filippo A. Salustri writes: > >> I haven't yet installed Xcode on some of my Lion machines, so I haven't > >> got 'make' everywhere. > > > > Why do you need Xcode to get make? > > Having a Mac myself, I'm assuming the answer is that it's just the > easiest way. Pop in the DVD and install the gcc tools from the extras > folder. Is there a better way? > > John > > > > >> I've been toying with trying to do the installation on my Mac server, > >> which has Xcode, then copying the compiled stuff into the identical > >> directory structure on my non-Xcode machines. Any thoughts on whether > >> that would work? > > > > Yes that works just fine. > > > > > > Regards, > > Achim. > > -- > > +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ > > > > SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1: > > http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada > > > > > > -- \V/_ Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: salustri@ryerson.ca http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/