[chuck-users] Question re: installing ChucK on Mac

[Hans Aberg]

On 5 Aug 2010, at 16:03, Mark Cerqueira wrote:

> I think you're referring to the instructions posted here:
>
> http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/doc/build/
>
> The person from Apple you spoke with was "kind of" right. Any time  
> you type sudo in the terminal, you could potentially cause some  
> serious damage. That said, if you copy the commands posted on that  
> page exactly, you won't have any problems.

In addition, stuff that does not belong to the system installation  
should normally be in /usr/local/.

But it is a good idea to make sure to have a backup before trying  
'sudo', so that it can be restored.