Requirements

Please have on hand:

• Linux or OS X
• The usual development tools (like make and gcc)
• A relatively modern Ruby (let’s say 1.8.6 and up)
• RubyGems so you may get the next requirement
• Treetop - gem install treetop
• Git if you want to check it out of the repository directly - sudo urpmi git-core (or the equivalent for your platform)

Installation

Please follow the following steps, in the order in which they are ordered. Otherwise, results are not guaranteed.

With Git:

1. Clone the latest Brat version: git clone git://github.com/presidentbeef/brat.git
2. Change to new directory: cd brat
3. Run sh ./build.sh
4. Optionally, run sudo sh ./install.sh. This will install in /usr by default. Append a directory to change this.

Without Git:

1. Download the latest (click “Download Source” and then whichever archive type you want)
2. Decompress the archive (tar xf presidentbeef-brat*.tar.gz or unzip presidentbeef-brat*.zip)
3. Change to the new directory (it will be something like presidentbeef-brat-421918f)
4. Run sh ./build.sh
5. Optionally, run sudo sh ./install.sh. This will install in /usr by default. Append a directory to change this.

More Testing

Run brat test/test.brat to run the test suite. SWEET.

Interactive Brat

Brat will run in interactive mode if no files are specified.