{"id":1882,"date":"2012-04-19T10:18:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T09:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2012-04-19T10:26:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T09:26:30","slug":"installing-haxe-and-nme-on-osx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthijskamstra.nl\/blog\/2012\/04\/19\/installing-haxe-and-nme-on-osx\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Haxe and NME on OSX"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had to (uninstall<\/a> and) reinstall Haxe, so I decided that it would be useful to document the process!<\/p>\n

Remember this is a post for OSX(10.6.8) install of Haxe(2.09) and NME(3.3.0)!<\/p>\n

This entire post started because MonoDevelop didn’t show any auto-completion anymore. It cost me 4 nights to fix the ‘problem’. I deleted Haxe entirely and reinstalled it (and NME\/extra libraries) again. I had written the process of install down before to blog about it later, so there is some stuff that happened the previous time I install Haxe and NME (and that means that this it’s not exactly a clean install) <\/div>\n

About the deletion\/uninstall of Haxe: at the bottom of the post<\/a><\/p>\n

I can’t thank Joshua Granick<\/a> (one of the programmers of NME) enough for his help! The man must be a superhero: helping everybody on twitter, writing tutorials\/post on his blog, programming an haxe\/nme add-in for MonoDevelop, NME (duh), being a dad, having his own game company….(!!)<\/div>\n

Start installing Haxe<\/h3>\n

Download the Haxe OSX install zip from: http:\/\/haxe.org\/download<\/a>
\nAnd install it like you normally do.<\/p>\n

After install you can check if everything went okay (and you need the terminal later on):
\nopen the terminal
\n(CMD+SPACE and type terminal)<\/p>\n

type in the terminal
\nhaxe<\/code>
\nto check the install<\/p>\n

Download the NME OSX install zip from: http:\/\/www.haxenme.org\/download\/<\/a>
\nAnd install.<\/p>\n

type in the terminal
\nhaxelib list<\/code>
\nto check what libraries are installed<\/p>\n

This is probably not useful for everybody, but these are some of the extra libraries I use…
\ntype in the terminal
\n
\nhaxelib install swf
\nhaxelib install jeash
\nhaxelib install spritesheet
\nhaxelib install format
\nhaxelib install actuate
\nhaxelib install box2d
\nhaxelib install waxe
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

You probably only want to install these to get NME working
\njeash<\/strong> for html5 and actuate<\/strong> to animate stuff
\n
\nhaxelib install jeash
\nhaxelib install actuate
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Next we will make a short cut to NME
\nType in the terminal
\nhaxelib run nme setup<\/code> <\/p>\n

Explanation from Joshua Granick<\/a><\/p>\n

If you execute \u00e2\u20ac\u0153haxelib run nme setup\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from a command-line or terminal, it will add a script to your PATH (in the Haxe directory) that shortens the command string. Instead of having to call \u00e2\u20ac\u0153haxelib run nme<\/code>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, you can simply call \u00e2\u20ac\u0153nme<\/code>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This failed on my computer; the terminal spit this back at me
\n
\nhaxelib run nme setup
\nchmod: Unable to change file mode on \/usr\/lib\/haxe\/nme: Operation not permitted
\nrm: \/usr\/bin\/nme: Permission denied
\nln: \/usr\/bin\/nme: File exists
\n<\/code> <\/p>\n

This is probably because I’m on OSX and not on Linux as “root” user….
\nSo fix this with:
\nsudo haxelib run nme setup<\/code>, type your password and try again!
\n(source: http:\/\/www.haxenme.org\/developers\/get-started\/<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

After this you install the ‘stuff’ you need for development on mobile devices.
\nI only need android so I installed that (for now):<\/p>\n

nme setup android<\/code>
\nDownload and install the Android SDK? [y\/n\/a] ? y<\/code>
\nOutput directory [\/opt\/Android SDK] : \/opt\/Android SDK<\/code>
\nor just use enter to use the default path<\/strong><\/p>\n

after install the “Android SDK Manager” will be started
\n\"\"
\ndownload Android 4.0.3 (API 15)<\/p>\n

After the “Android SDK Manager” is ready with downloading and install you can close it (it will ask you to do so)
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

The terminal will start yelling stuff:
\nDownload and install the Android NDK? [y\/n\/a] ? y<\/code>
\nPath to Android NDK [\/opt\/Android NDK] : \/opt\/Android NDK<\/code>
\nor just use enter to use the default path<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay.. your good to go!<\/p>\n

Install IDE<\/h3>\n

Install an IDE (read<\/a> about the choices that I made)<\/p>\n

Let’s assume that you will also use MonoDevelop (2.8.8.4):
\nDownload the OSX files (yes 2!) from: http:\/\/monodevelop.com\/Download<\/a>
\nClick on osx and you will get two download options<\/p>\n