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I had no problem installing the Play! framework on Windows but can't troubleshoot why it's not working on OS X.

I grabbed the latest version and unzipped it to a directory. I run the Unix executable file and get the Play terminal. At the end of the terminal it says:

[Process Completed]

I can't type in the terminal as well.

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This isn't a programming, question. This should get moved pretty quickly, but in the future, try Super User for non-programming, computer-related questions :) – Cam Jackson Jul 25 '11 at 6:17
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You can not run the play executable from the desktop. You must run it from an open terminal window. Go to Applications -> Utilities and start Terminal.

Furthermore you need to add play to your PATH:

mkdir ~/bin
ln -s <path to your play home>/play ~/bin
echo "export PATH=~/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc

Now you can run

play new appname

from the Terminal window.

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Hi Andre. I tried what you wrote above and the Play command from the terminal window is not recognized. – chopps Jul 25 '11 at 17:39
Ok..i got it to work. I used X11 and it worked. Not really sure what X11 is compared to the regular terminal though. – chopps Jul 25 '11 at 18:34
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If you are used to Linux and its package managers checkout http://www.macports.org/ You could then simply install play (or loads of other stuff) from the terminal

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Once you have MacPorts installed, the command to install Play Framework is: sudo port install play – AWhitford Nov 27 '11 at 9:25
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The easiest way is to use MacPorts or Brew. If you have brew installed, you can just run:

brew install play

Creating a bin folder, containing a symlink, which is on your path is also a good idea - as Andre suggested. It involves a few steps, but you will likely want to easily add more applications to your path in future.

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