In this Post we will see  How to Install Scala on Mac OS X.

There are Two ways using which we can install Scala.

1. Install Scala using homebrew installer.
2.  Or Install scala manually

 Install Scala using homebrew installer

Step 1 . Install Homebrew

Open the terminal and run

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

The above command may change in future, to please visit http://brew.sh/ for the most latest command to install homebrew.

Step 2. Install scala

brew install scala

 Install scala manually

Step 1. Download scala-X.XX.tgz zip file from the official website.

Step 2. Unzip the .tgz file. open terminal and run

$ tar -xzf scala-2.9.0.1.tgz

step 3.  move scala-X.XX.tgz to /usr/local folder

sudo cp -R scala-2.9.0.1 /usr/local/scala

Step 4. Open your .bash_profile file

sudo open -e ~/.bash_profile

Step 5.  Add scala/bin path to your PATH

export PATH=/usr/local/scala/bin:$PATH

Step 6. reload .bash_profile from the command line

source ~/.bash_profile

Finally verify scala

$ scala

Welcome to Scala version 2.9.0.1 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.6.0_24).
Type in expressions to have them evaluated.
Type :help for more information.

scala>

 

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