Install Scala
This is a step-by-step guide to install Scala on Mac
Install Scala on Mac system easily and quickly. This post will give a complete walk through of installing Scala using brew
and manual process.
Wikipedia quotes Scala as “Scala is a general-purpose programming language providing support for functional programming and a strong static type system. Designed to be concise, many of Scala’s design decisions aimed to address criticisms of Java.”
Personally I have found Scala to be a strong programming language for its concise coding structure.
Scala runs on JVM. Hence Java is mandatory for this installation. Check here to Install Java.
Once you have Java up and running, run the below commands to install Scala
Installing Scala with brew
Installing Scala on Mac using brew is a simple process. You need to have brew
installed on your system as a pre-requisite. You can install brew from here
$ brew update
$ brew install scala
$ brew install sbt
To verify installation, type scala
in your terminal. This should give a scala prompt.
Pavans-MacBook-Pro:~ pavanpkulkarni$ scala
Welcome to Scala 2.12.4 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.8.0_152).
Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help.
scala>
brew installs Scala in the location /usr/local/Cellar/scala/
Installing Scala manually.
- Download the latest release of Scala from the official website. This is usually the
scala-x.x.x.tgz
for Mac. - Unzip the file to
/usr/local/bin/
- tar xf scala-x.x.x.tgz -C /usr/local/bin/
Add
SCALA_HOME
entry in your .bash_profile#Scala Home export SCALA_HOME=/usr/local/bin/scala export PATH=$PATH:$SCALA_HOME/bin
Verify scala installation by running
scala
command in your terminal. If the installation is successful, you will see a scala prompt in the terminalPavans-MacBook-Pro:~ pavanpkulkarni$ scala Welcome to Scala 2.12.4 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.8.0_152). Type in expressions for evaluation. Or try :help. scala>
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