Install the Haskell Platform from http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html. The version provided by Macports is too old to work with current versions of git-annex. Then execute
sudo port install git-core ossp-uuid md5sha1sum coreutils pcre sudo ln -s /opt/local/include/pcre.h /usr/include/pcre.h # This is hack that allows pcre-light to find pcre sudo cabal update cabal install git-annex --bindir=$HOME/bin
See also:
You can also use Homebrew instead of MacPorts. Homebrew's
haskell-platform
is up-to-date, too:As of this writing, however, Homebrew's
md5sha1sum
has a broken mirror. I wound up getting that from MacPorts anyway.To install git annex with homebrew simply do:
Then link the binary to your
PATH
e.g. with