installing WordNet on Mac - wordnet

Question

I'm trying to install Wordnet 3.0 on my Mac which is OSX 10.8.
I've configured it, but when I try make,
I get a bunch of errors...
.....
/usr/include/tkDecls.h:1692: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘XColor’
make[2]: *** [wishwn-tkAppInit.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
and then if I proceed with make install
Making install in doc
Making install in html
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
test -z "/usr/local/WordNet-3.0/doc/html" || /Users/ravenyj/Desktop/WordNet-3.0/install-sh -d "/usr/local/WordNet-3.0/doc/html"
mkdir: /usr/local/WordNet-3.0: Permission denied
make[3]: *** [install-htmlDATA] Error 1
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
I have not made any modification to Makefile, and don't know if I should.
Could anyone please help me out on this?

Answer 1

Using brew is orders of magnitude simpler. Just:
brew install wordnet

Answer 2

The following worked for me to get it to compile:
./configure CFLAGS="-I/usr/X11R6/include -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -fpermissive" CC=/usr/bin/gcc
then
make
sudo make install
after that it's showing up fine for me in
/usr/local/WordNet-3.0/
I then added WordNet to my $PATH by editing my .bash_profile file, adding the line:
export PATH=/usr/local/WordNet-3.0/bin:$PATH
opening a new Terminal window, I could then type:
$ wn
and see that it's now working fine

Answer 3

Do the following to install WordNet in fastest manner:
Press Command+Space and type Terminal and press enter/return key.
Run in Terminal app:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
...and press enter/return key. Wait for the command to finish.
Run:
brew install wordnet
After installation use 'wn' command in terminal to access the application.

Answer 4

I had the same problem too until I saw this webpage: http://ticanchang.blogspot.com/2010/04/install-wordnet-in-mac.html
In the folder of your downloaded WordNet package, type:
./configure
make
sudo make install
You need to include "sudo" because normally a user do not have the permission to update the /usr/local folder.