Chapter 1. Download and Install
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## Mac OS X

[NOTE: these instructions may be somewhat incomplete. If you can improve them, please contact us - we will be really grateful.]

To use FreeGuide on Mac OS X you need Java and XMLTV.

You will need the Java 2 Runtime Environment version 1.4 or above: You can check this by typing java -version in a terminal. Ask on the FreeGuide Users' mailing list (see the Contact page) if you have trouble installing Java.

First, you will need to install XMLTV. We don't have specific instructions available for Mac OS X, but the Linux XMLTV instructions may help. Please contact us if you get this working, so we can improve these instructions.

Now, download the file `freeguide-x.y.z.dmg` from the sourceforge download page.

Mount the downloaded .dmg file so you can see what's inside.

Drag Freeguide.app from the mounted disk image to the Applications Folder.

Double click on Freeguide.app to start the program. Answer the initial questions you are asked. Uncheck the "Choose channels" checkbox when you see it. Click "No" when asked whether you want to download listings.

In the menu go to Tools and Options. Expand the Advanced node, and expand Grabbers. Click XMLTV.

Change the paths to the appropriate tv_grab_* perl scripts executable in the two text entries, so that they are the full absolute paths.

Click Configure to choose your channels, and answer the questions.

Click OK, and you should be able to click "Download listings" to download.

Contact us if you have any problems and we'll try to help you get it working.

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