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Installation details Dependencies ------------ Java, Nasm, Gcc, M4 macro processor if you are doing source development work. You can install either from source or from the download files install.zip or install.tar.gz Either follow the instructions for install.zip (Windows) OR install.tar.gz (Linux). If installing from source, you should run the command make install to create the installation archives. Extract the mmpc directory containing the contents of install.zip or install.tar.gz. The archives can be unpacked using the commands: unzip install.zip tar -zxvf install.tar.gz Next, place the directory mmpc on your path with the following command: export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/mmpc Note that this will have to be set to run every time your computer starts. Then you will need to define the symbol mmpcdir to point at the directory mmpc by running the following command: export mmpcdir=/path/to/mmpc Then go into the directory mmpc and type make rtl Then type make rtl.o This should then build a copy of the runtime library (rtl.o) that is compatible with your host gcc compiler. ================================================================= If you want to use the garbage collector go into the directory for the garbage collector mmpc/rtl/gc and follow the instructions to build the Boehm garbage collection library gc.a then go into mmpc and type make rtlb.o