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1	Installation instructions for SML/NJ	Installation instructions for SML/NJ
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4	These are instructions for installing recent "working" versions of SML/NJ.	These are instructions for installing recent "working" versions of SML/NJ
5		on Unix-like systems, including MacOX X with the developer tools installed.
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7		If you are running MacOS X but don't have the developer tools, you can
8		install the system starting from the disk image that we provide.  See
9		MACOSXINSTALL for details.
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11		If you are running Win32, see WININSTALL.
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13	1. If you are in a hurry (and you have network connectivity) ...	1. If you are in a hurry (and you have network connectivity) ...
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36	- Run the installer, it will automatically fetch all other necessary	- Run the installer, it will automatically fetch all other necessary
37	tarballs:	tarballs:
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39		$ config/new-install.sh
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41		or, if this should fail for any reason(*),
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43	$ config/install.sh	$ config/install.sh
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45	If the installer complains about not being able to fetch those	If the installer complains about not being able to fetch those
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52	-------------------------------------------------	-------------------------------------------------
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54	- Use some other means of downloading the necessary tarballs.  Store	- Use some other means of downloading the necessary tarballs.  Store
55	them in directory $d.  Then run the installer (config/install.sh).	them in directory $d.  Then run the installer (config/new-install.sh
56		or config/install.sh).
57
58	Here is a table that shows which packages you will need to download	Here is a table that shows which packages you will need to download
59	depending on what you select in config/targets.  Take the union of	depending on what you select in config/targets.  Take the union of
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123	directory), you can customize the set of libraries that are	directory), you can customize the set of libraries that are
124	pre-loaded (either directly or via CM's "autoload" mechanism).	pre-loaded (either directly or via CM's "autoload" mechanism).
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126	For this, edit config/preloads before running config/install.sh.	For this, edit config/preloads before running config/new-install.sh
127		(or config/install.sh).
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129	2.3.  Using a different ftp server (for a step-1.-like installation)	2.3.  Using a different ftp server (for a step-1.-like installation)
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132	- If you have a local mirror for ftp.research.bell-labs.com/dist/smlnj,	- If you have a local mirror for ftp.research.bell-labs.com/dist/smlnj,
133	then you can speed up installation by pointing the automatic URL	then you can speed up installation by pointing the automatic URL
134	fetch mechanism there.  The URL of the repository is stored in	fetch mechanism there.  The URL of the repository is stored in
135	config/srcarchiveurl.  Edit this file before running config/install.sh.	config/srcarchiveurl.  Edit this file before running
136		config/new-install.sh (or config/install.sh).
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138	2.4.  Using locally stored tarballs	2.4.  Using locally stored tarballs
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144	file:///usr/src/packages/smlnj/working/110.38	file:///usr/src/packages/smlnj/working/110.38
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146	(In other words, the URL should spell out the name of the local	(In other words, the URL should spell out the name of the local
147	directory that happens to contain the tarballs.)	directory that happens to contain the tarballs.  Notice that
148		this method does not seem to work with certain versions of wget
149		which do not understand the file:// scheme.)
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151	2.5.  What needs to be on my PATH?	2.5.  What needs to be on my PATH?
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196	2.8 Forcing the installer to use a particular URL getter program	2.8 Forcing the installer to use a particular URL getter program
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199	By default, config/install.sh will attempt to use wget, curl, and lynx	By default, config/new-install.sh (and config/install.sh) will
200	(in that order).  If you already know which of these programs you want	attempt to use wget, curl, and lynx (in that order).  If you
201		already know which of these programs you want
202	the installer to use, then set the environment variable URLGETTER	the installer to use, then set the environment variable URLGETTER
203	to "wget", "curl", or "lynx", respectively.	to "wget", "curl", or "lynx", respectively.
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237	Once you have myxget, simply run:	Once you have myxget, simply run:
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239	URLGETTER=myxget config/install.sh	URLGETTER=myxget config/install.sh
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241		----------------------------------------------------------------------------
242		(*) config/new-install.sh is a newer version of our installer with
243		major parts written in SML rather than as a shell script.
244		Since it is fairly new it may still have some problems -- in which
245		case you can fall back to the old config/install.sh.

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