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Exuberant Ctags on Mac


For a more friendly way to do this instead of using mac-ports or homebrew and running the risk of causing errors download ctags from here and compile with xcode (starting with version 4.3 command line tools are not installed by default but rather through Preferences -> Downloads) then simply move the compiled ctags to /usr/bin/ctags-exuberant to preserve the original.

Commands Used:

Change Directory to Downloads and ctags directory:

$cd
$cd Down<tab>ctags<tab>

Configure:

$./configure

Make:

$make

Move to /usr/bin:

$sudo mv ctags /usr/bin/ctags-exuberant



NOTE: <tab> is equal to pressing the tab key.
NOTE: XCode can now be downloaded from the Apple App Store!

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