How to install OpenBugs on a macintosh using OSX in 5 simple steps

If you want to use OpenBugs on a macintosh there is a really simple solution: install it using wine.

1. First of all you have to install Wineskin (an Open Source implementation of the Windows API). Download the latest version from here:

http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/
and double click on Wineskin Winery.app :






Click on the + sign to add an engine, just take the most recent one.






2. Then click on Create New Blank Wrapper, naming it as you wish:





3. Next, download the windows OpenBugs installer:

http://www.openbugs.net/w/Downloads


4. Then, double-click on the OpenBugs.app you have created (it resides on your ~/Applications folder in your home, not the /Applications folder of your disk, but you can move it later) and choose Install Software.

Click on Choose Setup Executable, point it to the OpenBugs installer you downloaded and here you are, installation begins.

At the end you will have an OpenBugs.app application in your ~/Applications folder and when you double click it you launch directly OpenBugs:

That's all. As I said, you can move your OpenBugs.app on the /Applications folder to make it available to all users of your macintosh.