= Installation =

Installation can be avoided by always running DDC from its top-level build directory:
{{{
$ cd $DDC_BUILD
$ bin/ddc -make /path/to/the/Main.ds
}}}

In this case it will still be able to find its libraries and runtime system. 

However, it is possible to install it as a regular application. We don't do this very often, so it's still a manual process.

 1. Copy the compiler binary to your {{{~/bin}}} directory, where {{{~/bin}}} is in your {{{$PATH}}}.
{{{
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ cp $DDC_BUILD/bin/ddc ~/bin/ddc.bin
}}}

 2. For Mac OS X only, also copy the runtime library to your {{{~/lib}}} directory
{{{
$ mkdir ~/lib
$ cp $DDC_BUILD/runtime/libddc-runtime.dylib ~/lib
}}}

 3. Create an alias to give ddc the path to its libraries and (static) runtime.

 You'll probably want to add the following commands to your {{{.profile}}}, or similar
{{{  
alias ddc='~/bin/ddc.bin -basedir $DDC_BUILD'  (for bash)
alias ddc '~/bin/ddc.bin -basedir $DDC_BUILD'  (for c shells)
}}}

 4. Compile and run your first program
{{{
$ echo 'main () = println "Hello world"' > Main.ds
$ ddc -make Main.ds -o hello
$ ./hello
}}}