How to Install Jam on OpenBSD

Jam is a free, open-source build tool that can be used to automate the building of software projects. In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing Jam on OpenBSD.

Step 1: Install prerequisites

Before you can install Jam on OpenBSD, you need to install a few prerequisites. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:

sudo pkg_add gmake gcc

This command will install the gmake and gcc packages, which are required by Jam.

Step 2: Download Jam

You can download the latest version of Jam from the official website at https://jamshelf.com/. Once you have downloaded the file, extract it to a directory of your choice.

Step 3: Build and Install Jam

To build and install Jam on OpenBSD, follow these steps:

  1. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you extracted the Jam files.
  2. Run the following command to configure Jam for OpenBSD:
./configure --prefix=/usr/local

This command will configure Jam to install to the /usr/local directory on your system.

  1. Run the following command to build Jam:
gmake

This command will compile Jam from the source files.

  1. Run the following command to install Jam:
sudo gmake install

This command will install Jam on your OpenBSD system.

Step 4: Verify the installation

To verify that Jam has been installed correctly, open a terminal and run the following command:

jam -v

This command should output the version number of the installed Jam build tool.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Jam on OpenBSD!