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Following DrScofield’s instructions for setting up OpenSim , I thought I’d give it a try on my OSX laptop. The process is not quite as straightforward, but it works. Here’s what I did:

1. Download and install the Mono package for OSX from the Mono downloads page.
2. If you don’t have subversion, install it. I personally like the packages from http://homepage.mac.com/hiirem/svkbuilds.html.
3. Make sure you have Xcode installed (for the make command below)
4. Fix nant, as documented here. Essentially, edit /usr/bin/nant and add the line in bold:
   

   #!/bin/sh
   export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/pkgconfig
   exec /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/1.2.6/bin/mono /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/1.2.6/lib/NAnt/NAnt.exe "$@"

5. Check out and build opensim:

   % svn co http://opensimulator.org/svn/opensim/trunk opensim
   % cd opensim
   % ./runprebuild.sh
   % nant

6. Compile libopenjpeg-libsl-2.1.2.0.dylib from source (this is mentioned in the OpenSim wiki) and copy it into the opensim/bin directory:

   % svn co svn://opensecondlife.org/libsl/trunk libsecondlife
   % cd libsecondlife/openjpeg-libsl/
   % make -f Makefile.osx
   % cp libopenjpeg-libsl-2.1.2.0.dylib ../../opensim/bin

7. Run opensim:

   % cd ../../opensim/bin
   % mono ./OpenSim.exe

8. And finally, run the SL client with the appropriate option:

   % /Applications/Second\ Life.app/Contents/MacOS/Second\ Life -loginuri http://127.0.0.1:9000

   And… it works!
   
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