Install BSF4ooRexx on macOS
BSF4ooRexx
Install BSF4ooRexx
- Visit (https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsf4oorexx/files/)
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Download BSF4ooRexx
If you run Java 32-bit:
- Choose newest version of BSF4ooRexx (as of July 2016: choose folder GA (general available version), then folder BSF4ooRexx-450.20140914-GA)
- Download the 32-bit macOS version of BSF4ooRexx (as of July 2016: ooRexx420_WithBSF4ooRexx450.20141014-i386-MacOSX-GA.dmg)
If you run Java 64-bit:
- Choose newest version of BSF4ooRexx (as of July 2016: choose folder beta, then folder 20150608)
- Download the 64-bit macOS version of BSF4ooRexx (as of July 2016: ooRexx420_WithBSF4ooRexx452.20160315-x86_64-MacOSX-beta.pkg.dmg)
- Double click the dmg file
- Right click the the package in the dmg file and select Open with -> Installer.app (default)
- Go through the screens; confirm any popups. There might be a warning that the package is incompatible (it is not!)
Now, ooRexx and BSF4ooRexx are installed.
Executing scripts
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Open a terminal window (how?)
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Navigate to the scripts location (the steps below navigate to the preinstalled samples).
- Enter "cd /Applications/ooRexx.app/Contents/samples/BSF4ooRexx" in the terminal and confirm by pressing enter
- Enter "ls" in the terminal and confirm by pressing enter to see the content of this folder
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Run the script.
- Enter "rexxj.sh <filename>.<extension>" (e.g. "rexxj.sh HelloWorld.rxj") and confirm by pressing enter
Great! You have everything installed and ran your first script!