Installing JavaMint on MacOS

Here are some quick instructions on how to download and install Java Mint.

MacOS

1. You need SoyLatte. Please install it in /usr/local/soylatte, i.e. the Java compiler should be /usr/local/soylatte/bin/javac.
   
2. Download the "binaries only" Java Mint zip file from the Java Mint implementation page. In this example, I have saved the file on my desktop, i.e. at /Users/mgricken/Desktop.
   
3. Open a console.
4. Change into the /usr/local directory:
   cd /usr/local
5. Unzip it as root. This means you have to type in your password:
   sudo unzip /Users/mgricken/Desktop/JavaMint-r13871-binaries.zip
6. Set the MINT_HOME and PATH environment variables:
   export MINT_HOME=/usr/local/JavaMint
export PATH=$PATH:$MINT_HOME/langtools/bin
7. To make this permanent, edit your .bash_profile or .bashrc file and put the two lines from step 6 line at the end of the file.

Now you can compile programs using mintc and run them using mint.

mintc Power.java

mint Power

There are samples in the /usr/local/JavaMint/langtools/mintTest directory. You cannot compile them there, however, because the directory is read-only unless you are the root user. So unzip the Java Mint implementation zip file somewhere else, e.g. in your Documents directory.