Installing CKAN on OSX
This guide assume that you run the latest version of OS X and that your downloads go into the default "Downloads" directory.
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Download and install Mono [Mono 3] (http://download.mono-project.com/archive/3.12.1/macos-10-x86/MonoFramework-MDK-3.12.1.macos10.xamarin.x86.pkg) (for Yosemite users) Mono 4 (for El Capitan users)
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Get the latest version of CKAN from the releases page
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Press Cmd+Spacebar on your keyboard, write "Terminal" and the press Enter
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In the terminal that opens write the following with an Enter keystroke after each line
cd Downloads
mono ckan.exe
Alternatively, install via Homebrew NOTE: Mono 3 will be installed, which is not compatible with CKAN under El Capitan(see this issue)
brew tap homebrew/games
brew install ckan
ckan help
Note that on some macs the loading of CKAN can generate spamming of Fontconfig warnings about not having a valid region tag and ignoring UTF-8 in the terminal. If this is the case the following line can be used instead of mono ckan.exe
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" && mono ckan.exe
After ensuring that ckan.exe runs correctly you should check out the CKAN OSX automator apps.
After launching, go to the top of the CKAN window and click Settings>KSP Command line and change the path from what is there
to ./KSP.app/Contents/MacOS/KSP
NOTE: On OSX Yosemite, this needs to be ./KSP.app --args -single-instance, per this support issue.
You can verify that this is the correct path by going to your Kerbal Space Program folder, usually /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Kerbal Space Program
Right clicking KSP and choosing "Show Package Contents"
and finding the KSP executable
