Install Haskel Platform from [[http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html]].
The version provided by Macports is too old to work with current versions of git-annex.
Then execute

<pre>
sudo port install git-core ossp-uuid md5sha1sum coreutils pcre

sudo ln -s /opt/local/include/pcre.h  /usr/include/pcre.h # This is hack that allows pcre-light to find pcre

# optional: this will enable the gnu tools, (to give sha224sum etc..., it does not override the BSD userland)
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/libexec/gnubin

git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/ git-annex
cd git-annex
git checkout ghc7.0

sudo cabal update
cabal install --only-dependencies
cabal configure
cabal build
cabal install --bindir=$HOME/bin
</pre>

Originally posted by Jon at <https://gist.github.com/671785> --[[Joey]], modified by [[kristianrumberg]]

See also:

* [[forum/OSX__39__s_haskell-platform_statically_links_things]]
* [[forum/OSX__39__s_default_sshd_behaviour_has_limited_paths_set]]