Kick Assembler (C64), Installation guide for macOS

Installation guide for macOS

  1. Ensure Java Runtime Environment is installed on your system, if not, download it from here
  2. Download Kick Assembler and install in one of the following ways:
    1. extract to folder KickAssembler in your Applications folder (/Applications/Kick Assembler/ should now contain KickAss.jar and some other files/folders)
    2. extract anywhere and ensure the full path to KickAss.jar exist in your CLASSPATH environment variable (*)
  3. Download Vice c64 emulator and install in one of the following ways:
    1. extract to folder Vice in your Applications folder (/Applications/Vice/ should now contain x64 and some other files/folders)
    2. extract anywhere and ensure the path to the Vice folder (containing x64) exist in your PATH environment variable (*)
  4. Download and install Sublime Text
  5. Install Sublime package Kick Assembler (C64) in one of the following ways:
    1. Using package control: Install Package Control for Sublime and install package Kick Assembler (C64)
    2. Manual Install: Download SublimeKickAssemblerPackage.zip, extract and copy extracted folder KickAssembler (C64) into folder ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/.

* For tips on how to set environment variables, like CLASSPATH, “permanently” on OSX, look here

  1. The application x64 is no longer included in VICE. Do you have a new guide for VICE 3.4?

  2. I have /usr/Applications/vice in my Path, when Sublime tries to execute i get bash: x64sc: command not found. any thoughts?

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